brewmeister83
Chumono
Hi all,
So I collected a nice little hawthorn this spring (to the best of my ID ability I believe it's a thicket hawthorn - C. pruinosa) It has wonderful mature fissured bark, leaves that are already smaller than normal, and sent out new buds after the trunk chop in exactly the right places! (how often does that happen?). The only real problem with the tree is its roots - they come out of the trunk base like steps on a spiral staircase.
I've read through Lens and he makes no mention of dealing with hawthorn roots other than they grow slowly. I've already scarred, hormoned, and spagnumed the trunk in the growing box to try to induce new root growth to begin to build a better nebari, but if that doesn't work is layering with a tourniquet a viable option for hawthorns given their slow root growth? Anyone have any experience doing this to these trees?
So I collected a nice little hawthorn this spring (to the best of my ID ability I believe it's a thicket hawthorn - C. pruinosa) It has wonderful mature fissured bark, leaves that are already smaller than normal, and sent out new buds after the trunk chop in exactly the right places! (how often does that happen?). The only real problem with the tree is its roots - they come out of the trunk base like steps on a spiral staircase.
I've read through Lens and he makes no mention of dealing with hawthorn roots other than they grow slowly. I've already scarred, hormoned, and spagnumed the trunk in the growing box to try to induce new root growth to begin to build a better nebari, but if that doesn't work is layering with a tourniquet a viable option for hawthorns given their slow root growth? Anyone have any experience doing this to these trees?