New Trident
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SeanS
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When we talk about “collected trees” they’re usually wild trees growing in a whisper of dust and are thankful when they get a thimble of rain water spattered on them a few times a year.
A field grown trident is firstly a trident. Secondly it’s been cared for and grown by humans, given all of the resources to grow as thick and fast as possible.
I’ve had very few issue working my field grown trees hard when pulling them out the ground. Roots get cut back, bases get cut flat, holes are drilled through them.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Thank ya kindly...for the reply. That makes total sense. I couldn't wrap my gerbil around it. Which is why I was wanting clarity. My brain put on brakes... and I didn't understand it. Now...Its crystal clear. Again...thanks for the clarity.
Just a thought re nebari - you could let it recover and then in a future repot strip a ring of bark off one or more large roots to, in effect, ground layer them.
That way in the short term you preserve the energy stored in the big fat over-long roots and later on get fine roots as close to the trunk as you like?
That way in the short term you preserve the energy stored in the big fat over-long roots and later on get fine roots as close to the trunk as you like?
misfit11
Omono
I would have been more aggressive with the chop on that left-hand trunk and the roots (and also buried them deeper). I get it, though. It sounds like you're relatively new to this and you just bought the thing... You don't want to kill it straight away. This more conservative approach should give you the experience and confidence to be more aggressive in the future.
Keep us posted on it's development
Keep us posted on it's development
I am being a little more careful, I was real aggressive on the one I had last year and well it never fully recovered and lost it. So I figured it’s going to need a lot of root grafts to get a good radial nabari as they take and fillI would have been more aggressive with the chop on that left-hand trunk and the roots (and also buried them deeper). I get it, though. It sounds like you're relatively new to this and you just bought the thing... You don't want to kill it straight away. This more conservative approach should give you the experience and confidence to be more aggressive in the future.
Keep us posted on it's development
yes I’m a little cautious now I got a tree last year and was aggressive with as I was told and it never recovered and lost it. So I figured it is going to need a lot of root grafts to get a good radial nabari and as those take and develop I can cut big roots back, while developing the main branches and structure. May add a couple of extra years, but I figure I’ll learn a lot along the way.I would have been more aggressive with the chop on that left-hand trunk and the roots (and also buried them deeper). I get it, though. It sounds like you're relatively new to this and you just bought the thing... You don't want to kill it straight away. This more conservative approach should give you the experience and confidence to be more aggressive in the future.
Keep us posted on it's development
misfit11
Omono
We learn something with whichever course we take in this hobby. There's nothing wrong with being conservative.
I am being a little more careful, I was real aggressive on the one I had last year and well it never fully recovered and lost it. So I figured it’s going to need a lot of root grafts to get a good radial nabari as they take and fill I’ll cut the big roots back.I would have been more aggressive with the chop on that left-hand trunk and the roots (and also buried them deeper). I get it, though. It sounds like you're relatively new to this and you just bought the thing... You don't want to kill it straight away. This more conservative approach should give you the experience and confidence to be more aggressive in the future.
Keep us posted on it's development
