JoeH
Omono
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- USDA Zone
- 9B
12 foot tall Chinese Elm leaning hard from the storm, I intended to stake it but found that the ground was solid rock/cement about 2 feet down. Turns out the area was built over an old road and houses so I am guessing a lot of stuff was buried there. It was decided to remove the tree so I dug it out with ease and found that it a) was rootbound when planted and b) hit the hard substrate and grew out to the sides. So it was easy to remove intact. I cut the rootball down to about 6 inches thick and chopped the trunk hard. Should be a good fat elm tree someday.