aml1014
Masterpiece
Today was the day I decided to give this maple (acer negundo) another shot, it's been in permafrost all winter but with spring arriving here I was finally able to put my shovel in the ground. I've had my eye on this particular tree for about 8 months now, it was chopped down to what appeared to be around 24in tall a very long time ago. I started digging and didn't find roots for maybe 8in down at which point I trenched around the tree and realised it only had 3 main roots, a massive tap and 2 "surface" roots, not a great start to a nebari but it has an amazing buttress from these roots. Unfortunately being in the high desert and this tree having to deal with drought at times, it didn't have many feeders near the trunk. So I broke out the folding saw and had this guy out in about 30 mins. I hope it makes it, but I've seen some trees recover from just as brutal of attacks before, I'll just have to see. It's got about a 5in trunk and is currently around 32in tall which is perfect considering the leaf size of these trees. It also has a very nice subtle curve that was most likely cause by the hill it was growing on. I really need to learn to take pics while I'm out there, I just get to excited lol.
Let's hope for recovery, I currently am trying the plastic bag method to induce new buds on this, I'm assuming, very old maple.
Comments and suggestions welcome
Aaron
Let's hope for recovery, I currently am trying the plastic bag method to induce new buds on this, I'm assuming, very old maple.
Comments and suggestions welcome
Aaron