Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jul 26, 2009 12:27 pm Fu, I’m finally going to plant my lime trees out against the fence. I’ve been putting it off; I think they are going to be very hard to get out of the pots! I don’t want to break too much of the stems, no doubt I will. How do you think I should go about getting them out? The BF and I think the best way is to smash the pots…..I would prefer to keep them if I can. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 2Jul 26, 2009 12:29 pm Lay them on their side and roll them a bit, I don't really know... just a thought Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Next project, lime trees….. 3Jul 26, 2009 12:33 pm Ohhhh, I’m sure after I’ve tugged and pulled them for a while there will be LOTS of rolling of the pots! Probably out onto the road…… Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 4Jul 26, 2009 7:54 pm Michelle, I have done this before (many times) with pots this shape. You can do as you suggested and smash them, that would be the quick way, but I have managed to dig out the soil around the outside of the tree until it's narrow enough to pull out of the neck of the pot. THose oval/egg shaped pots are disastrous in the end when removing something. You will be able to do it, give it a try but it will take awhile, be prepared for that. If you get the poops with it in the end you can always smash it! Get rid of the lawn around the tree base when planting. It will inhibit the growth and vigour of the tree. Give it a wide berth from the trunk, past the drip line. Make sure the planting hole is ready and prepared FIRST, so the tree can go straight from the pot into it's new home, so the less stress on it the better. Water the planting hole well with Seasol before and after planting. Water in well after transplanting. Your soil should be prepared well, compost etc. Mulch well. Keep the water up until settled. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 5Jul 26, 2009 8:12 pm Hi themax, Thanks heaps for that! I’ve bought some soil prep stuff, to put in the bottom of the whole when I dig them. I’m taking all the grass away; the limes will be in a bed of soil only. Then I thought I might grow strawberries around them, is that ok, it will be a big bed. And I use lots of Sugar Cane Mulch, that ok? Yes I have heaps of Seasol. Thank you. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 6Jul 27, 2009 9:35 am Sounds great, just remember that when you are watering and feeding that you have two plants not one. The Strawberries will grab the nutrients and water at the surface level so a reduced amount will get through for the lime tree. A bit extra would be ideal. I'm sure you know to keep the mulch away from the trunk to prevent collar rot.Regular, and deep watering for the lime. You sound like a great gardener Michelle, you know what you're doing. It will look lovely. Watch those snails on the strawberries! and a piccie would always keep us quiet (when you're done) www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 7Jul 27, 2009 11:49 am themax Sounds great, just remember that when you are watering and feeding that you have two plants not one. The Strawberries will grab the nutrients and water at the surface level so a reduced amount will get through for the lime tree. A bit extra would be ideal. I'm sure you know to keep the mulch away from the trunk to prevent collar rot.Regular, and deep watering for the lime. You sound like a great gardener Michelle, you know what you're doing. It will look lovely. Watch those snails on the strawberries! and a piccie would always keep us quiet (when you're done) themax….I did nursery work for over 6 years, I loved it. But like most things, products and names have changed so I’m not so sure of myself these days. BUT yes, I can garden, and I get 99.99% success with everything I grow. Thank you , yep, will provide a photo after I have been to physio after all that digging! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 8Jul 27, 2009 11:57 am Michelle themax Sounds great, just remember that when you are watering and feeding that you have two plants not one. The Strawberries will grab the nutrients and water at the surface level so a reduced amount will get through for the lime tree. A bit extra would be ideal. I'm sure you know to keep the mulch away from the trunk to prevent collar rot.Regular, and deep watering for the lime. You sound like a great gardener Michelle, you know what you're doing. It will look lovely. Watch those snails on the strawberries! and a piccie would always keep us quiet (when you're done) themax….I did nursery work for over 6 years, I loved it. But like most things, products and names have changed so I’m not so sure of myself these days. BUT yes, I can garden, and I get 99.99% success with everything I grow. Thank you , yep, will provide a photo after I have been to physio after all that digging! /quote] Oh goodness me, I feel embarressed about telling you all that stuff, when you did all that Nursery work www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 9Jul 27, 2009 12:03 pm NO way!!!, I love all the advice from the horties in here, I need the ok that I’m thinking on the right track. It’s been year’s themax……25 years ago???? HELL, I’ve just scared myself, where has the time gone! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 10Jul 27, 2009 12:16 pm The nursery I worked at has just closed . I miss all the customers. I was very small and intimate, we knew all our customers and bent over backwards for them. That made us different. It's called Customer Service. Pretty rare these days. We even had one lady that couldn't walk, so she would drive to the back gate and we would bring all the plants to her to choose whichever she liked, never had to leave her car. Now that's a Drive thru! ANyway, off to do some work at the local Kindy now. Glorious day. Seeya. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 11Jul 27, 2009 12:20 pm themax We even had one lady that couldn't walk, so she would drive to the back gate and we would bring all the plants to her to choose whichever she liked, never had to leave her car. Now that's a Drive thru!. very nice!!! I spent the better part of the afternoons putting the bloody name tags back on the right plants after the kids had been in. Parents just let their kids run amuck in the nurseries Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Next project, lime trees….. 12Jul 29, 2009 1:40 am Mish try planting the strawberries in a hanging basket. That way you don't get too many cheeky bugs getting the strawberries before you do I have seen them done in a post made from 90mm storm pipe that has had holes cut with a hole saw. the bottom capped. The top had soil poured in and the strawberries all hanging out the sides. I have seen another done much the same but hanging from a patio. they put two screws in the bottom on the sides. Got one of those clear paint containers, notched the sides of that and it just latched up onto the bottom on the screws. Then all the water dribbled out through holes drilled in the base of the capped pipe and you could reuse the water Re: Next project, lime trees….. 13Jul 31, 2009 6:33 am Thanks Fu…..I’ve seen the strawberries done the way you have said, years ago when I first started working with plants, the pipe with the holes in it???? It was really popular! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com A survey must’ve completed by a certified surveyor. 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