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How to plant when mulch is deep! Planting into deep mulch is a little bit different from planting out into the landscape normally. In this video, I demonstrate stepbystep how to plant a plant into even SUPER deep mulch, properly. Learn the concepts behind planting best practices. This video also applies to sheet mulched garden beds, and various materials, including arborist chips, wood chips, bark nuggets, or bark dust mulch. From tiny groundcover plants to trees, these same methods apply.

00:00 How to plant when mulch is deep
00:10 Step 1
00:31 What to do with cardboard mulch
00:57 Step 2
01:23 Myth and exceptions: mulch binds all the nitrogen
02:15 Tip for keeping soil and mulch separate
02:24 How to properly dig the planting hole
02:52 If you have poor soil
03:10 Planting level with the mulch
03:27 How much compost to add
03:43 Removing the plant from the pot
04:13 Untangling roots
05:16 Preventing stem rot
05:42 Step 3
06:11 What to do with long roots
07:03 How much you should press the soil in around the plant
07:21 Tip to increase plant success
09:26 How deep mulch should be around the plant
09:40 Step 4 (CRITICAL)
09:53 If you’re planting a tree or a groundcover plant
10:26 What to do if your mulch is SUPER deep
10:55 Really small, groundcover planting example
11:22 Watering the plant
11:33 Overview and summary
11:59 Free resources to help with your garden project


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