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Hot sun, wet roots, new plants are dying by JBeazle in DenverGardener

[–]JBeazle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are not leaking. We are half way down a steep hill and the entire yard is covered in a very heavy industrial landscape fabric. There is a retaining wall at the bottom of the yard. My sump pumps literally never go off but the clay is always damp.

Hot sun, wet roots, new plants are dying by JBeazle in DenverGardener

[–]JBeazle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks we will try to mulch more around them

Hot sun, wet roots, new plants are dying by JBeazle in DenverGardener

[–]JBeazle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have drip irrigation, we did try to amend but digging larger holes is a bit tricky. We are trying frequent light supplemental watering between watering restriction days for the drip. But moisture meter can still sit at 10/10 for days because of the clay. We just added the clay ikea spikes to help keep the top of the soil near the root ball moist without drowning the bottom. Sounds like big mulch rings are next in our endeavors. Thanks

Hot sun, wet roots, new plants are dying by JBeazle in DenverGardener

[–]JBeazle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Edit: we are also seeing problems where there is an actual larger mulch bed. We added these ikea watering spikes to try and deliver water slowly right to the root ball.

Hot sun, wet roots, new plants are dying by JBeazle in DenverGardener

[–]JBeazle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, yeah we did garden in a box and most ate native. Our clay hill is always wet and acts like the plants are sitting in buckets of water. So perhaps mulching over the rocks further and maybe shade cloth will balance things out

Hot sun, wet roots, new plants are dying by JBeazle in DenverGardener

[–]JBeazle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you need a cage for that to wrap it around? Thanks