{"id":706,"date":"2022-10-12T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/?p=706"},"modified":"2022-10-12T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:00:24","slug":"improving-soil-after-removing-conifers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/improving-soil-after-removing-conifers\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving soil after removing conifers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/10\/Brown-conifer-hedge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/10\/Brown-conifer-hedge.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/10\/Brown-conifer-hedge-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/10\/Brown-conifer-hedge-520x780.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/10\/Brown-conifer-hedge-320x480.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have removed some conifers and plan to re-plant the area with some shrubs etc it&#8217;s a good idea to dig in some bulky organic matter such as well-rotted farm yard manure. In addition, add some lime and add a general garden fertilizer such as Growmore, alternatively, you can add some spent mushroom compost which contains lots of lime.<br>This is because conifers tend to take a lot out of the ground and once they are removed the soil that is left tends to be quite barren and very acidic and in need of enrichment.<br>It&#8217;s also worth removing the larger roots that have been left behind from the conifers as they will not rot for a period of two to three years removing further nutrients from the soil.<br>To remove conifer stumps and roots leave a 1-metre stump when you cut down the conifer which can be used to winch or pull out the conifer stump and roots with a small winch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have removed some conifers and plan to re-plant the area with some shrubs etc it&#8217;s a good idea to dig in some bulky organic matter such as well-rotted farm yard manure. In&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/carolynandpeter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}