Graydon

Hi there. I looked at the thread you mentioned and you got some great advice form some very knowledgeable people. I don't have much to add but I do have a trick that has worked on at several trees in similar conditions in the past:

Get some clean sand, as course as you can find. Try a pool supply or masonry supply company if you can. It needs to be larger grains than play sand you find at building supply stores. Remove the tree from that pot and place it in a larger pot (diameter) keeping the root crown near the pot lip. Use small rocks or gravel in the bottom of the pot so that there is only a few inches of sand below the root ball. Back fill around the root ball with the sand and slightly over the root ball (BUT NOT ABOVE THE ROOT CROWN). Slightly covering the nebari is fine for now.

Water it in well and see if you need to add some sand. No packing it in, just let it settle. Insert a chop stick in the sand not the root ball and water only when this sand is on the dry side removing the chop stick to test for dryness like a dip stick.

Cross your fingers. Good luck, hope it helps!

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