posted 6 years ago
Mike -- keeping them until ready to plant out or sell. They could be in there up to a year. The idea being that if they grow any, it's minimally traumatizing to uproot them. I'm sure you would want, at the very least, a deciduous sawdust. I'm supposing alder is great because of its high nitrogen and quick rotting. Burnt Ridge said they buy 40 cubic yards at a time, yikes.
R Spencer, what's a MO gravel bed? And i thought growing trees on hugels was a bad idea?
Travis, were your wet newspaper trenches in the sun? I have had experiences such that I'm reluctant to rely on newspaper any more. Too hard to tell quickly by eye if things are drying out.