It's 50cm/20" high now. I'm hoping for some new shoots this spring. And then at the end of the year I'll dig it up so next year It can settle in the growbox. And after that we'll see, selecting some good shoots and maybe cut back the trunk(s) some more.It looks huge!
what are you planning on doing with it?
Since the wound is probably a few weeks old I'll let it be as it is (I also won't get to the tree in the next 2 weeks or so).I’m wondering if you should seal that top; also, how will you approach the root pruning, trench around and fill back in?
Who says the roots are that close to the trunk (21 cm)? You might better dig wider and see how much roots there are available before cutting roots you perhaps need.( 8" from the trunk) so I'll be creating a more compact rootball.
I don't think the one in this thread has a very bright future. It looked rather weak at the end of fall so I decided to leave it in the ground for another year. I'm very aware of the taproot issues.Fonz how is this one doing?
Please be aware that oaks tend to have big big BIG yes REALY BIG taproots and that they store loads of energy in there and its adviced to reduce the taproot in a course of serval years
I tested this with 8 aprox 4 to 5 year old seedlings i dug up two years ago,
With 4 i removed the taproot completely in one go and 3 of those died the one surviver started and grew allot slower then the 4 i removed the taproot only about 1/3
unfortunatly ive got only one left now since my dog was probably bored and chewed on them and ripped them out of their pots in the middle of the summer, when i noticed the roots had been exposed to the awfully hot sun for over a day
I don't think the one in this thread has a very bright future. It looked rather weak at the end of fall so I decided to leave it in the ground for another year. I'm very aware of the taproot issues.
I did rescue 2 saplings that are about 3 years old from an excavator. Left their taproot almost intact and put the in big containers.