Well, it wasn't quite as bad as I thought...
Out of the 20 chokecherry trees I planted last spring 9 didn't make it. In the case of three of them I think it might have been the health of the seedlings.
Out of the 20 chokecherry trees I planted last spring 9 didn't make it. In the case of three of them I think it might have been the health of the seedlings.
Since one out of the two planted in the same box one survived
and the other did not.
The culprit for the other 6 was roots from native grasses
sucking up all the water from the box before it got to the seedlings.
I got another 10 native chokecherries and planted them.
We'll see what spring has to bring.
The rest of the ones I planted in the Spring are hanging on, they're small but still have green leaves. Maybe the funnel spiders will keep all the ants and leaf eating bugs away.
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