Cherry trees in wet clay

[krismoriah]

I use mounds in my sketchy areas… working so far… lots of threads about it…links to them in this thread.

New Orchard - Creating Mounds for Trees

I’ve recently cleared some sloped land and have tilled in minerals to the soil as prescribed by a soil test. The orchard will be irrigated. The soil is clay loam. I’m in the Pacific Northwest (8b) and in between mountain ranges where it can be wet / rainy. As a complete orchard neophyte, I’ve learned mostly from this forum and am highly grateful for all of your knowledge sharing. One of the things commonly mentioned is that planting bare root trees on top of mounds can be very helpful - e…