Cajunrider
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This tree was run over by a big tractor. The trunk was cracked right at the base.
Cracked Quercus virginiana
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Japonicus
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Good cut. Does that put this tree at 5 yrs old?
Cajunrider
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6 based on ring counts.
Potawatomi13
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Should heal OK if surviving.
Cajunrider
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The leaves on the tiny branch are getting weaker and no sign of new buds. Come on tree, fight fight fight!!!
Cajunrider
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No hope for the main trunk but the tree wants to live.
Cajunrider
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Trunk is mostly dead but tree is flourishing as a clump. The shoots are half inch in diameter.
Cajunrider
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What would be a good pot for a clump like this? The center tree is rotting away.
namnhi
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Uncle, I think a round, rectangular or oval will do.... I would probably start wire the little trunks and arrange them in the shape I like at this point since they grow fast.
Cajunrider
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I think I might just lift the whole thing out of that big 30 gallon pot and put it in a big mica pot with minimal root work just to fit. That will give me access to the clump to wire. Right now I can't see them well enough to shape them.
Cajunrider
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The trunk was infested with fire ants. I had two tiers of roots. Both tiers have roots in all the wrong places. Wound up doing severe work on the tree but either that or it will never be a bonsai. Here to hope for its survival.
Is it not advised to put live oak in a medium with lots of drainage?
I had a yamadori that did fine through the winter but when I repotted into a non-organic growth medium in a warm climate in mid-Feb, it doesn’t seem to be doing well. It dropped all its leaves which is a thing they do at this time, but I see no new buds yet.
