Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Wednesday Vignette, I have questions...

I stopped by Trader Joe's to pick up a few things and ended up parking next to a planting island. This is what greeted me when I got out of my car.

I have questions! Are the plastic tubes for watering? Or is there a dungeon under there and these are how air gets down to the prisoners? And what about that burlap? Surely it's not from a burlaped root ball?

I mean the tree wouldn't look this good if there was still burlap around its roots, right?

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17 comments:

  1. And I'm sure that not a soul at Trader Joe's has a clue about any of that!

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  2. They probably tried to pull out the burlap and missed some - or hopefully it was just some. I'd bet those are watering tubes but who's doing the watering?

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    1. That's a great question. Running a hose from the building across the parking lot would create a hazard.

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  3. I don't know, but I would imagine it might have been devised to make deep-watering easier as it establishes. Can't think of any other reason to do it. About the burlap - it probably came as a B&B, but given how big the tree seems in the picture, I'm surprised it hasn't decomposed yet. I think the burlap decomposes fairly easily underground, but I hope they at least opened it up around the trunk before filling the hole. Maybe what's left just a small remaining shred? Mind you, I'm just guessing, so who knows...?

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  4. It actually seems as if it's planted too deeply, as well - the crown isn't visible. :(

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    1. Have you ever been to the Fred Meyer off Broadway? OMG. The crown of those poor trees and shrubs have been buried under years of volcano style mulching. I really need to take photos.

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  5. Yup, definitely ventilation system for the prisoners below. Portland is really tough on crime.

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    1. If only...(what, this is the third house you've broken into this week? Stop that! Okay...let me take those handcuffs off...)

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  6. This lovely Cedar doesn't seem bothered with pipes, burlap or buried crown. It grows beautifully. After reading all the comments, I'm not the wiser, the Cedar is keeping quite and it looks like it will remain a mystery.

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    1. You know I didn't think about asking the tree...

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  7. That's a mystery! I'd say poor tree, but it seems to be surviving and even thriving. If you learn more, please let us know.

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  8. I plant trees in parks in the UK, and yes we put in the tube for irrigation. It's a perforated pipe that surrounds the tree's rootball. Not sure about the burlap / hessian though!

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    1. Thanks for sharing an experts take!

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    2. Ha, not that expert, conservation volunteer who does a couple of days of treeplanting a year! I get the impression using irrigation is a bit more common over here though.

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