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Sorry @Burnham. I've been depression drinking again, so I'm not altogether with it at the moment. I'm actually somewhat familiar with the term "hydrophobic soils" at least in the drought sense of the term, I am from the desert after all. Not sorry for not googling it. The best way to learn...

No, "they" said that the heat glazed the soil, causing water to run off without soaking in. I bring it up because I'm skeptical, having done pottery work, and that was the connotation when they said glaze. Edit: Crap, shoulda read the banner before I posted. Thanks B!

So what exactly causes the 'glazing' I've heard so much about, like in California? That is if you know B, I understand if that's out of your wheelhouse.

To clarify, it's not so much a polarity thing as much as geotropism, or perhaps I should have described it as an East and West side. As if the plant is spacially oriented on both longitude and latitude, and must maintain that orientation for the best chance of survival. Again, that's how it...

I've heard tell that the saplings have a cardinal orientation as well, meaning they have a North and South side, and do best when planted with that in mind. Old wives tale, or an example of planting shock? Excuse of a bad landscaper/nursery?

The hoax that killed off all the Pinion pines on my property, 20 years before I got to it? I plan on doing a write up on the subject, with pictures at some point. That is if anyone is interested? Planting in my neck of the woods is all done by hand, if not volunteers and students, then the...