podocarpus emergency pull out

OK guys, hit some estate sales today and saw a podocarpus that was planted in one of the yards, that stands about 6 feet tall and very healthy and thought I might possibly be able to buy it well long story short, payed 10 bucks for it. And I gotta get it out by tomorrow. Now while I've done lots of research on bonsai so far but mainly specific to species that I already own or plan to own soon (most interested in obtaining). Throughout the massive amount of research that I have done the general senses with most species is you don't want to do any replanting or root work in this late in fall, which I'm sure is true with podocarpus as well. But ten bucks for a small chance of survival of this tree is well beyond worth it to me. My guess is that it'd probably cost more then $100 at a nursing. So since I don't know a hole lot of time to reseach (about to go into work now)and have such a short time to figure out what I need to increase my chances of survival the most. I'm turning to you guys to help guide me on what to do and not to do. Thanks in advance!

In Daytona Beach it shouldn't be a big deal.

I suggest that you keep as much root as you can and still be able to lift and move it. If it is sandy soil, let it fall away and then wrap up the bare roots. Pot it up when you get home.
If it is sticky/clay soil, leave it in place. Sit the root 'ball' on a sheet of visqueen and then cover and wrap it tightly and securely around it. When you get home, leave the wrap in place until you see new growth. If the soil was dry when you removed the plant, loosen the wrap, moisten the soil, and wrap it back up tightly. Leave the wrap in place until you see new growth and/or until sometime after the summer solstice but before the fall equinox (July-Sep) next year pot it.

Meanwhile check out the podo posts at AdamsAskWhy and modify my suggestions appropriately.

OK cool yeah I figured I have a decent chance if it's a pretty tough. One of my questions is if I should leave the hole plant intact or remove a portion? Since it's such a massive plant I know I'm not gonna be able to get a large percentage of the roots and wounder if the reduced root mass would appreciate some of the plant was reduced as well

And for repotting I was thinking a large pot with 1/3 bonsai mix 1/3 petite 1/3 soil. Sound good?

Great title!

Sorce

Haha you like that?

anybody else have knowledge to shed on me?

Mainly need to know should I chop the trunk now or not

Bonsaihead said:

Mainly need to know should I chop the trunk now or not

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Chop as you need to.
I suggest you keep some green on stems you want to keep.

thanks for the input. I got and it, well them, turned out to be two trees. Got them both for ten bucks! I ended up cutting them down to about two feet. Probably gonna go ahead and chop them just a bit more tomorrow and get it over with since I've come this far with cutting them down. The one that I was eye balling has a really cool base with a heavy taper. The other one not so much, well the base is OK but then it spits off very narrow into two trunks and isn't ideal. Maybe some sort of dead wood feature in the future could fix it or I might just make it a learning tree for the other

Here's the harvesting if anyone wants to see

Tree one

Then tree two the one I'm excited about

So I've searched and searched and Havent been able to find any information on if these guys can handle a full trunk chop. Plan on waiting until spring to do anything but would like to know if they can handle it or not. Also looking for other options if there is any other solution then cutting it all the way down. Thanks!