FourMileMarc
Mame
Well, everyone says live oak is easy but so far I have found it to be most difficult. All the leaves are brown now, in the photo a few weeks ago some were still green. This one had some good rootage due to the fact that I had spaded and fed the tree for about 15 months before digging.
Someone said these need to be defoliated after digging. Seems like you want the leaves on the tree to help grow new roots, so I did not.
It has been out of the ground for 3 months.
I wanted to take as much of the field soil off as possible so as to not risk oak root fungus but this might have been the kiss of death. I did add a miccorizae inocullant from the garden center.
Someone said these need to be defoliated after digging. Seems like you want the leaves on the tree to help grow new roots, so I did not.
It has been out of the ground for 3 months.
I wanted to take as much of the field soil off as possible so as to not risk oak root fungus but this might have been the kiss of death. I did add a miccorizae inocullant from the garden center.