Right? It’s beautiful. Now ‘Bonsai Nut’ has me worried though. Either way I can appreciate its curves even if it’s fleeting because they may be destined to die soon.
Fingers crossed
for ya ...
You're in northern FL so I would just pot it up and keep it in filtered sun and hope for the best. With no foliage, it will not need much water, and the demand on the roots will be low.
Leave the foiiage. Get it into a pot with soil that drains pretty well. Don’t use a pot that’s more than a third larger than the root mass. Too much soil will stay too wet. Keep the soil moist. Put it in a place that get a couple of hours of morning sun. Don’t move it around once it’s out in place. Leave it alone other than necessary watering. You should see new leaf buds in the trunks branching in a month or a little more.
Damn son. Looks like a mighty beech from here.
