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I have illustrations but no photos of my way too common dilemma. When dealing with young pines I keep running into one or two large roots coming off the Taproot then nothing for a few inches. Illustration one. And the roots below the fat unsightly one aren't exactly perfect nebari but better than one huge root.
In illustration two, I show my fear of inverse taper developing and completely ruining the tree.
So my questions are...
With low success rates ground layering pines, should I just cut the crappy roots and drop the soil level to where the next roots begin?
Will the tap root bark up exactly like the exposed trunk?
Is there anything I can do to prep tree? Perhaps damage the tap root and apply hormone before or after eliminating the trouble root(s)?
Is the tree I drew useless as bonsai?
Would a tourniquet below the useable roots do anything to benefit me?
I know it's all a little abstract but I have somewhere around 7 pines suffering from this same root placement problem so it can't be too uncommon. Thanks in advance, I'd love to show pics but it's not really the time of year for it
In illustration two, I show my fear of inverse taper developing and completely ruining the tree.
So my questions are...
With low success rates ground layering pines, should I just cut the crappy roots and drop the soil level to where the next roots begin?
Will the tap root bark up exactly like the exposed trunk?
Is there anything I can do to prep tree? Perhaps damage the tap root and apply hormone before or after eliminating the trouble root(s)?
Is the tree I drew useless as bonsai?
Would a tourniquet below the useable roots do anything to benefit me?
I know it's all a little abstract but I have somewhere around 7 pines suffering from this same root placement problem so it can't be too uncommon. Thanks in advance, I'd love to show pics but it's not really the time of year for it