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Removing Soil from a Heavy Root Ball before Transplanting

The small tree that was transplanted is known locally as a Tecoma, “The Yellow Sun Trumpet.” It is one of the shrubs where the lower branches can be trimmed up to make it a “small tree” or left alone to become a very bushy shrub. (It goes under many different names. If you know it under a different name, let me know in the comments.) It’s about seven years old and is not deciduous in my area, which is Zone 10A. This small tree was transplanted to make way for constructing a “Critter Free Vegetable Garden.” (This is a link to that particular video in case you might be interested:    • Dealing  with Critters in the Vegetable Ga...   ). A fair amount of consideration was given to how to transplant it. The first process that came to mind was trimming down all its upper branches and cutting down the diameter of irs root ball to a more manageable size. But cutting down the root ball would mean trimming down the canopy. Knowing that this would interfere with years of growth, it was decided to wash away the soil from the roots to remove the heavy weight of the soil, thus making it easier to move while minimizing damage to its roots. To discuss the Vitamin B1 that I use for transplanting large shrubs or small trees, I wish to make it clear that I have no connection to the manufacturer of this product, other than I have purchased it at various stores for over twenty years and have had noticeably good results. I have used it successfully to transplant many small trees and bareroot fruit trees. Sometimes, when my vegetable seedlings look a bit off, meaning compared to others that are from the same sowing, I will use it to help bring them around to a healthier shade of green. The technical aspects of this micronutrient liquid, which is mixed at 1 ounce to a gallon of water, is that it offers chelated (“key-lated”) manganese, iron and zinc, also Vitamin B-1 or thiamine mononitrate, along with EDTA. Chelation makes it easier for the plant to uptake those micronutrients when it really needs them. These micronutrients give a boost to a stressed plant’s health, from its timely nutrient uptake in aiding its ability to manage photosynthesis, its chlorophyl, and starch production. In short, it helps in keeping a highly stressed plant alive. Finally, a second dose of the Vitamin B-1 was added about one week after the transplant: 20 ounces of water to 20 gallons of water. I am including this link to a contemporary or modern article on “The Role of Thiamine [Vitamin B-1] in Plant Metabolism, Crop Yield, and Plant Health”: https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-925.... If you noticed that the root ball was square, this was due to the fact that it was grown in a four-foot, bottomless, removable plastic box. I mention this because you may have noticed that there were roots wrapped around some small logs that I removed in the video. This growing technique has a German term “Hügelkultur” to describe using wood debris and other organic materials to create and plant on raised beds. The two immediate benefits that I can attest to are these: 1.) Filling the cut and dry branches collected from tree trimming helps to lessen the use of raised-bed soil. What I do here is place in dried, cut branches or small logs to about one foot below where I know that the soil line will be. I then add the soil on top of them, about one foot deep. 2.) I add extra nitrogen fertilizer to offset all the woody material, as woody material will use up some nitrogen as it breaks down*. The soil is soaked. The dried wood absorbs the water and releases it slowly, an added benefit in dry environments, like mine. Then I plant. I only use this technique in raised beds that are over two-feet in height, and it has worked well. *[in the case of this box an extra cup of (N-20) 20% nitrogen was used, along with a regular fertilizer that included all the NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium at 15%]. Finally, I make my own compost to fill raised beds, so I will include the link in case you are interested:    • Detailed Steps for Making Home Garden Compost   And thanks for watching the video.