andrewiles
Shohin
Just some potting soil I had lying around. Mostly pine bark and organics.what did you use as soil when you potted them?
I think I showed this in another thread, but here are two plants side by side. Collected at the same time. Difference is the one on the left had zero roots (just a runner stub going in on one side and out the other). The one on the right had more fine roots and some original soil. Shows that they do reduce nicely.
Back to the broader subject, I've noticed a similiar looking process happening with some high alpine trees as well, specifically subalpine firs and western larches. The photo below shows a fir I collected last year in the high Washington Cascades. You can see the large "runner" on the left. It goes out the back right. I think this was probably a large branch from a since deceased tree that ground layered. The layered branch had roots along its length. This tree is doing fine so far.