Natal Plum

cmiller · Feb 13, 2016

Picked this little guy up today.

It Caught my eye and I figured I would see what I can do with it. There is alot of foliage and branching up top that needs to get taken off and cleaned up. For now I am going to get it in some free draining soil and work on getting a nice root structure. Is it too early to be planting it on a tile?

GrimLore · Feb 13, 2016

Cool start, cannot really suggest anything without knowing your basic location. Easiest for all if you add it similar to mine so it shows with your avatar.

Welcome

Grimmy

Jim G · Feb 13, 2016

Nice! It looks happy.

cmiller · Feb 13, 2016

Thanks grimlore, i will do that now. I live in southeastern michigan.

Jim, i thought the same thing, it was the most vigorous out of the group.

Cypress187 · Feb 14, 2016

I can't see the last photo, the one with the tree in the pot, you know, the end result

Edit: Oh, im more a visual person, so i didnt read the part you asked if it's a good time to repot it

cmiller · Feb 14, 2016

Well, here is the last photo you were asking for. This tree needs a good pruning still.

cmiller · Feb 14, 2016

Yea. So I pruned it.

cmiller · Feb 15, 2016

Turns out, as I saw in another post, that planting on a tile only applies to trees planted in the ground. The board method is much more effective. So next year I will be repotting and screwing this little guy to a board. Luckily the bottom of the tree is flat already and there are very few roots coming out of the bottom of the trunk.

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