Spdyracer
Shohin
Had a couple trees I cut the tops off in my woods to see what would happen. First one is a large buckeye and the second is still yet to be identified. Instead of digging them up I plan on leaving them for the summer. The buckeye I'm hoping will get a few new shoots and take off. The second one I cut the top off and was going to try air layering it to make a cascade tree out of the large curve in it. Of course that depends on what it ends up being. I figured worse case is I cut the top no real harm. The buckeye may die and be the end of that. This got me wandering how far have you developed a tree before finally digging it up. The buckeye I would like to work on the shoots and develop another leader if they come out. As big as it is I may need to let that leader grow a few years before cutting it and hopefully creating another new leader. Would it be common to leave it for a few years wile doing that or do most people dig it up before you would get that far? The other I would air layer then cut off when ready some time this summer. Just curious what people do or have done.