Recent content by sdhm3

I bought two trees from there two years ago and both pots were broken on arrival, so I feel your pain

No soap JKL. Just hard water and fert. I'm glad to hear that you think it may not be a root issue as this was my greatest worry.

I've inspected the tree looking for insects but have found none and the leaves although blackened or brown tipped are completely intact. As far as watering goes, yes every morning, either myself or mother nature, never both. Some days have ben very hot and some windy. I agree that keeping it...

I know my question is quite simmilar to the previous tread but as each case is different I thought I would start anew. As you can see in the photos I have some kind of burn going on with this tree. I've read through as many posts as I could find pertaining to scorched or burnt leaves and I...

Ok since I hit the back button near the end of my lengthy post and lost the whole thing I'll make it quick. Condition of the tree: She's growing strong and I feel its time for action. The long leaders are mostly coming off of the second our third fork from the main structure. The interior...

My understanding of the shallow grow box is to promote lateral root growth and helps to avoid any wasted downward growth .

Thanks to those of you who offered advice. I thought I'd post a few pics of last nights project. I chipped away at part of a rather large lump directly under the trunk, boy was that was some hard wood. The aboretec had a rough time of it. In hind site I should have had an assistant for this...

The box is ready. Does anyone think it a little typo big.

The way I read Smokes earlier post it was my understanding that I should leave roots untouched for a few years after this transplant. Am I wrong here?

Not a bother at all I think a friend of mine has a piece of that in his garage. I feel alot more comfortable moving forward now with everyones input. Thank again.

Thats a fine looking nebari. I can only hope to reach that point. I'm not looking for that oil slick, although they do look very cool, an inch or so around the base would be nice. So taking all of the advice to this point. I will build a box for it this weekend 2'x2'x2.5''. Trim off bottom...

Thank you Smoke. I was hoping you would chime in, I have a question for you. Do you think that air layer technique I saw in one of your threads would be a good thing to implement this spring? Id really like to get a nice nebari developed over the next few years.

Here is the mess of large roots when I dug it up spring of 2009. I also added a pic of the first cut back of branches which I shortened the following year.

I'm on the same page regarding branch thickening. I just wasn't sure if spring cut back or let them grow out this season. I'm sold on the flat growing container. The new question is if I do moderate to extensive root pruning wouldn't some spring branch trimming be in order? The attached...

I get the 2 ft square but 2 inches is a bit scarry. I'll give it a try because the tree has a few large top roots that I would like to remove so as to expose a very nice spread below. I have quite a lot of time invested in this tree, allthough most of time it was just growing in the ground, I...