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Photos have captions, but this year I'm trying to add a lot more garden "waste" in the compost, including weeds and all the soil that gets entrained in the roots.

Hopefully I'll get enough compost to top up the beds in the fall.

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[–] lurch 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i don't pluck weeds from my flower pots on the balcony, because i want the environment for the flowers natural. the reason why i mention this is: you have to pluck trees while they are small saplings. they grow very strong roots. left unattended, they become very hard to remove and can even destroy flower pots. they are hard to spot sometimes. i had an oak in a pot and the first weeks it looked like a green mushroom with only two dark green shiny round leaves; nothing like an oak. when it grew the first actual oak leaves, the roots were already 30cm across the pot under various other flowers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Damn, that's a fast growing tree!

[–] lurch 2 points 3 months ago

i suppose the stuff in the acorns gives them a head start