First I want to say what a nice forum this seems to be. So helpful and sharing without making one feel like an idiot, so thank you all ! Yesterday I went ahead and dug up 5 baby ERCs maybe 2-3" in height and got them potted. LIving in rural Kansas where ERCs pop up all over, it seems, I found a small "patch" of 10 and made the leap. Today I hope to dig up the other 5 or 6. I've got the pots, I've got the soil and I have the time so figured why not? The scots pine I've found on my property my wife thinks is 20-24" tall so I want to try and successfully dig it up as well as 2-3 ERCs near and in a hedge row. They are closer to 3'. Thinking, assuming, that I can leave them potted and outside. I plan on just caring for them as is for at least 12 if not 24 or more months. Thinking other than the 3' ERCs, growth is a great thing.
Okay my question for the future: With the taller ones, from what I've read and viewed on Youtube videos, cutting the top of the tree off is a good or recommended thing for shaping and encouraging trunk growth - is this the opinion?
Thank you all again !