leatherback
The Treedeemer
Hey All,
At the moment I am tempted to go out and pull a larg Yew from a garden. For years I have wanted a thick-trunked specimen and this is a freebee. Thing is about 5*7ft in size, been trimmed that way for a decade of more sitting in an urban yard. It is the yellow, probably summergold, on the left.
Thing is.. On Saturday they will rip everything out and dump it in the bin. So I should dig before then. Which I could. However, we are currently in the driest summer since.. dunno, at least 40 years. Trees are showing autum colours; We have had someting like 8mm of rain in the last 6 weeks. Dry warm wind abound. So bad circumstances in my book.
As I have a bit of a hit and miss relation with digging yews, I would love to hear your thoughts on whether this is a lost cause already. Currently I am thinking:
- Cut part of the tree back, leaving a good number of branches with loads of growing tips. Ideally I bring it back to 4ft tall, and leave the width as much as possible.
- Pull it out with a 2ft diameter rootbal to match the containers I have. Might have to build a box, if the roots go deep down.
- Leave the rootball alone, just put it in the box/container, backfill with 1inch pumice grains. Water & cover the pot against direct infiltration
- Chuck in morning sun & shower twice a day
Any thoughts?
Is it a lost case? I do not want to collect something that has less than 50/50 shot of making it.
At the moment I am tempted to go out and pull a larg Yew from a garden. For years I have wanted a thick-trunked specimen and this is a freebee. Thing is about 5*7ft in size, been trimmed that way for a decade of more sitting in an urban yard. It is the yellow, probably summergold, on the left.
Thing is.. On Saturday they will rip everything out and dump it in the bin. So I should dig before then. Which I could. However, we are currently in the driest summer since.. dunno, at least 40 years. Trees are showing autum colours; We have had someting like 8mm of rain in the last 6 weeks. Dry warm wind abound. So bad circumstances in my book.
As I have a bit of a hit and miss relation with digging yews, I would love to hear your thoughts on whether this is a lost cause already. Currently I am thinking:
- Cut part of the tree back, leaving a good number of branches with loads of growing tips. Ideally I bring it back to 4ft tall, and leave the width as much as possible.
- Pull it out with a 2ft diameter rootbal to match the containers I have. Might have to build a box, if the roots go deep down.
- Leave the rootball alone, just put it in the box/container, backfill with 1inch pumice grains. Water & cover the pot against direct infiltration
- Chuck in morning sun & shower twice a day
Any thoughts?
Is it a lost case? I do not want to collect something that has less than 50/50 shot of making it.