Collected three - wiring
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JoeH
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Why would you want to mess with trees you just potted up two months ago? Let them grow, I doubt they are established enough root wise to handle that stress.
Shibui
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I think it depends on the size, species and how ell the tree is growing. I have no problem wiring tridents and some other species in the same season they have been dug and potted. much will depend on how much root was removed and how well it has recovered. Pictures really are worth 1000 words in cases like this.
Zach Smith
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Just do it carefully, so as to avoid moving the trunk. I've never had any issues wiring newly collected deciduous trees when first out in year one. It's good to get the new branches into a more horizontal position while they're still tender.
Hartinez
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Hard to tell real well in the pics but I agree with @Shibui and @Zach Smith . If the growth is strong, then CAREFULLY wiring branches in the direction you want them is not a bad idea. Once those branches harden off it’s much harder to get initial movement in them. I’ve got a collected Ash group from this spring and have all of the lowest branches wired out already.
Hartinez
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Also, I don’t own a beech, but I hear they don’t back bud reliably and grow slowly. If you’ve got a branch right where you want it and your nervous about breaking it off, I’d er on the side of caution. Because you may never get that branch back.
Now If it was an elm, you could massacre the dam thing and it and it would have a whole new set of branches and then some in 2 weeks!
Shibui
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By the look of these it is time to fertilise. fert from when new roots have started growing. These all look good so should have plenty of new roots.
