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Spring update!

Yes, it gets sealed every year with a wood hardner epoxy.

Tell me about it, I've been doing the shuffle for two weeks now!

Spring is finally here!

New shoes! Thanks @ABCarve for the amazing pot!

New pot, New leaves! Thanks @ABCarve for the beautiful pot.

Red maple root plate!

There's a few of us on here that have them, this is one I've been working on for a few years now. I typically pinch the new growth right before it hardens off and it is usually over an extended period of time as it seems to never stop pushing growth. They are vigorous growers for sure!

Hail?

I've been trying to find a good one to collect for years, seems most are root suckers so layering might be the way to go.

Any chance a frost got it?

I see nothing but negative with it. Heavy, won't retain water or nutrients. I say save money somewhere else, soil is your most important component.

I guess I could have but that would have been extremely difficult, that root is probably 12" in diameter. Then if it would have rooted, how would you get the part I girdled to eventually root? I'm not sure how I will attempt it next time.

Hello everyone. I kept the tree watered all summer as much as I could, by the end I checked and saw very little root development so I just covered it deep with leaves and let it winter. I checked it today and unfortunately the tree has died. There was no callous formation or bridging and very...

I'm in, thanks David!

Here's my two scents. I have collected alot of beech over the last 8 years and currently have two that have survived. Collect all of them and try to keep them alive and thiving. Don't bare root them, that tends to kill them in my experience. If you collect a stump they tend to sprout right...

This can be the leaf variability I live oaks. Also oaks are pretty promiscuous and hybridized often.

Looks like a costal live oak

28"

David, I have a nice birch that's aching for a pot!

Found this sycamore the other day while scouting, it had blown over some years ago and created a raft.

I get about 3 years out of a box, but that also depends on what kind of wood. By the time I go to repot they just about fall apart. To me a wood box is more pleasing to the eye and you can make them to whatever size and dimensions you need.

This is not frost crack, especially if it was noticed over night. Frost crack would have damage under the bark, not fresh looking cambium as seen here. Plus you can see at the edges where the bark has been torn off. My guess is tree rat.