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Bare root hedge clay soil fertiliser suggestions
IHateWeeding
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I'm a novice gardener.
I have just planted 130 bare root hornbeam plants.
We have quite claylike soil, what's the next step I haven't trimmed to height (perhaps this is a mistake?)
Am assuming water really well twice per week?
What fertilizer would you use and how often in the first year?
I have just planted 130 bare root hornbeam plants.
We have quite claylike soil, what's the next step I haven't trimmed to height (perhaps this is a mistake?)
Am assuming water really well twice per week?
What fertilizer would you use and how often in the first year?
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Re fertiliser, if anything at all, I would use bonemeal in the planting trench during planting. You could work it into the soil around the new plants as you've already planted them. I view it as optional though.
I wouldn't give any further fertiliser in the first year (tbh I probably wouldn't in subsequent years either).