Question
I've never gardened before but yesterday I planted two weeping Cherry blossam trees and lilac bushes. However, the lady at the nursery told me all I needed was to mix this "transplanting plants" seed type of dirt instead of using fertalizer or planting soil. Now I'm worried because bascially I've just planted my trees in regular dirt and sprinkled some seeds into the ground, and they were expensive! Will they grow in regular dirt or should I dig them out and re-do them???

Answer
Tell me, my friend: were these 'seeds' GRASS seeds?  I'm not clear on this.  Sorry to delay your answer.

Meantime, let me assuage your concerns.  'Regular dirt' is going to be fine.  Fertilizer, 'planting soil', are not necessary.  I know this sounds extreme, I know you don't believe me, and I know you are going to close this out without doing that, but I gotta make the call and this is modern, pure science.

If you know anything about Soil, you know it has microbes in it.  And those microbes are little fertilizer factories.  If you are careful, and don't hurt them, they will take care of all your fertilizing this Summer.  No kidding.

Clarify your 'seeds' reference dear and I will pursue this further.  Thank you for writing,

L.I.G.