Massive privet !

[Bonsailane]

So I had to clear out a fence line for a job and this privet had to go ..
So I decided to collect it and hopefully it will enjoy its new home by producing lots of new shoots!

 

[Victorim]

Nice find bud. Good luck with it.

 

[just.wing.it]

Wow! that's a ton of fun, if it survives!
Fingers crossed!

 

[Bonsailane]

Wow! that's a ton of fun, if it survives!
Fingers crossed!

I hope it survives to but I had lots of roots and
It’s hard to kill a Privet.

 

[Soldano666]

That's a monster...

 

[barrosinc]

Cool. Hope to watch it progress

 

[_#1_]

I had lots of roots

These things can take a hard beating and act like nothing happened.

I left some foliage on mines when collected. It was semi evergreen. Did you chopped off all the greens?

Thus should grow like a weed for you...

 

[Bonsailane]

These things can take a hard beating and act like nothing happened.

I left some foliage on mines when collected. It was semi evergreen. Did you chopped off all the greens?

Thus should grow like a weed for you...

I had to ,,,,it was entangled in the chain-link fence .

 

[j evans]

Wow, just wow. Good job and good luck!

 

[jeremy_norbury]

Nice find.

 

[Bonsailane]

Thanks

 

[augustine]

Put a bamboo skewer in the soil to check for watering. You don't want to overwater at this stage. Give it time to grow new roots, it'll be cooking by July or sooner

 

[Zach Smith]

Pay close attention to those big chop points. In a couple of years they'll start to rot. You'll need to manage the areas by carving, treating with lime sulfur and using wood hardener. In the meantime, seal them up!

 

[Bonsailane]

Pay close attention to those big chop points. In a couple of years they'll start to rot. You'll need to manage the areas by carving, treating with lime sulfur and using wood hardener. In the meantime, seal them up!

Great minds think a like !
I have already sealed all wounds , and plan on doing some carving A couple of years from now .
But for now the health of the tree is top priority .

 

[Zach Smith]

Privets are pretty tough. Usually 90% + survive lifting.

 

[Ingvill]

Nice one! Looking forward to future updates on this

 

[rockm]

Don't know if you get much freezing weather, but I'd try to keep this beast as frost free as possible all winter. Not too warm, not too cold. Freezing kills cut roots and new roots, even on privet.

And good luck fining a pot to house the tree in the future as well as someone to help you lift it as you get older. Looks to me like you're going to be looking at over 100 lbs of pot/soil/tree... Nice find and a ton of potential.

 

[jeanluc83]

Nice find!

And good luck fining a pot to house the tree in the future as well as someone to help you lift it as you get older. Looks to me like you're going to be looking at over 100 lbs of pot/soil/tree...

Usually 90% + survive lifting.

So you only have a 1 in 10 chance of it killing you.

Keep your eyes out for a mica pot. A new one the size you need is probably ~$80 but you can find used ones for half that. It will serve you well until you can find a ceramic pot.

It looks like it is about the same size as my burning bush. It was probably in the 100-120 lb range when I had it in a grow box. Once I got it into a training pot it went down to about 80 lb.

 

[miker]

Awesome tree, always wanted to try one of these.

 

[Rambles]

I like how privet takes styling. Keep us posted!