Lou T
Mame
I have a lemon eucalyptus (Corymbia citriodora) in ground here in Florida that will need to go in about a year. It’s about 30 feet tall (~9m) with a 12 inch base (~30.5cm).
Truth be told it was a gift to my mother for mother’s day. She has grown quite attached to the tree over the years and would like to bring it with her on a move coming up next year.
My idea was to cut the tree down to the soil and dig up the root mass in hopes of discovering a decent sized lignotuber beneath the soil. I would then clean up the mass and shape it into something that could fit into a relatively shallow pot, taking care to maintain existent fine peripheral roots. I would then plant it and allow the dormant buds to emerge and be on my way to a eucalyptus forest planting/clump.
The only lignotubers I’ve worked with are from the coastal redwood (S. sempervirens.) Also known as burls, these starchy masses were super resilient and showed the capacity to be cut to a very shallow hemisphere for a low-profile planting. It was tricky to incite root growth on these after they had budded out but it was possible. My thought with the eucalypt is that the lignotuber might have ancillary fine roots growing around it that I could try and maintain.
What do you all think? Contingency plan is to take cuttings incase this goes south.
Truth be told it was a gift to my mother for mother’s day. She has grown quite attached to the tree over the years and would like to bring it with her on a move coming up next year.
My idea was to cut the tree down to the soil and dig up the root mass in hopes of discovering a decent sized lignotuber beneath the soil. I would then clean up the mass and shape it into something that could fit into a relatively shallow pot, taking care to maintain existent fine peripheral roots. I would then plant it and allow the dormant buds to emerge and be on my way to a eucalyptus forest planting/clump.
The only lignotubers I’ve worked with are from the coastal redwood (S. sempervirens.) Also known as burls, these starchy masses were super resilient and showed the capacity to be cut to a very shallow hemisphere for a low-profile planting. It was tricky to incite root growth on these after they had budded out but it was possible. My thought with the eucalypt is that the lignotuber might have ancillary fine roots growing around it that I could try and maintain.
What do you all think? Contingency plan is to take cuttings incase this goes south.