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Cut a rug....
And tap that ass!
Sorce
And tap that ass!
Sorce
Root experiment
- Thread starter Shay
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Hello,
I have some conclusions:
1. The germination percentage was low due to old seeds (last season leftovers)
2. From the ones that germinated, a lot of them died after a couple of weeks. Their tap root was short and in poor health.
3. When I examined the roots of the surviving ones, I saw a very weak and short tap root with a few splittings at a higher area.
4. The overall health and vigour of the survival seedlings was poor.
It appears that this method did not work well on pines. nonetheless, i'll give it another shot next year with fresh seeds just to be sure it's not the seeds condition fault.
I have some conclusions:
1. The germination percentage was low due to old seeds (last season leftovers)
2. From the ones that germinated, a lot of them died after a couple of weeks. Their tap root was short and in poor health.
3. When I examined the roots of the surviving ones, I saw a very weak and short tap root with a few splittings at a higher area.
4. The overall health and vigour of the survival seedlings was poor.
It appears that this method did not work well on pines. nonetheless, i'll give it another shot next year with fresh seeds just to be sure it's not the seeds condition fault.
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Mame
To come full circle to the oaks. I had a number of oaks starting to grow over my shallow septic. I dug them out to see what they looked like. Half of them I cut the main tap root. The other half I left tap. All kept the remaining acorn for extra sugars.
Almost all of them died directly after the transplant. Only those that survived were placed into deeper pots with the entire tap root.
My simple conclusion is that lateral roots need to be very strong. Enough support the growth that is occuring. Additionally, the acorn promotes tap root growth. Remove the tap root and the sugars from the acorn no longer function.
Almost all of them died directly after the transplant. Only those that survived were placed into deeper pots with the entire tap root.
My simple conclusion is that lateral roots need to be very strong. Enough support the growth that is occuring. Additionally, the acorn promotes tap root growth. Remove the tap root and the sugars from the acorn no longer function.
