meushi
Mame
A sapdrawer is a sacrifice branch grown from one of the terminal buds. Basically select one branch line where you won't remove the terminal bud until the desired branch size is obtained.
Build a big Box...Slip pot it. Work your mix in with the dirt. In a few years you can then start taking out some roots... I will be removing some roots on mine next year. But after killing so many I am going to go slow...Meushi,
Thank you SOOO much! This fits nicely into Mauro's advice. What exactly is a "sapdrawer"? Is that a sacrifice branch?
My very specific problem is the best way to get these things out of the nursery boxes in which I am sure the roots are a tangled mess. I am concerned as I know the roots are fragile.
Thanks again!
Build a big Box...Slip pot it. Work your mix in with the dirt. In a few years you can then start taking out some roots... I will be removing some roots on mine next year. But after killing so many I am going to go slow...
Irene
(This is what I have done with mine)
Milehigh,
After looking at your pictures, and reading through this thread, I question using these trees for bonsai at this point. What I mean is that they will need to be severely chopped, and this will of course produce a staight, fat stump. Then you will begin a long process of developing the next section of trunk for taper. This will be a long haul, time wise. In the interim, I wouldn't even think about messing with the roots. I'd plant it in the ground, and let it grow (after chopping).
I know that this is a little late in the game but that is a cork oak(Quercus suber) as Paul said not a holly oak
there is no mistaking the bark of a quercus suber. The foliage is definitely suber as well. I own both suber and ilex bonsai, and its like Japanese Black Pine to Japanese White Pine once you are used to looking at them.
there is no mistaking the bark of a quercus suber. The foliage is definitely suber as well. I own both suber and ilex bonsai, and its like Japanese Black Pine to Japanese White Pine once you are used to looking at them.