Ebihara 1yr later

[Bonds Guy]

Last year I attempted the ebihara method on 2 of my saplings. This one turned out better but not as good as I hoped. The roots are on one plane however all the roots are on one side (perhaps due to not pruning the tap root?). I circled where the nails were hammered in.


After some pruning this is what I’m left with. I tried spreading the roots as best as I could and used wire to keep the tree fixed to the board.


What do you guys think? Is it possible to get roots to grow on the other side?

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Get it planted so the board has at least a half inch to 3/4 inch of soil on it. Then new roots should come from the bare side of the trunk, naturally. WIthout a lot of intervention.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Also can consider change of planting angle as straight up Junipers generally most uninteresting.