bwaynef

I worked with similar, if a little smaller, last night. I essentially bare rooted them (with root hook, not water jet) and cut as little roots as possible to form the start of a good nebari. Granted, in some cases that was 50% of the roots, and maybe a little more. I had to remove the tap root on most of them. That left me with a pretty radial span of roots though.

I put them into a much freeer draining mix and set them aside. Now I'll leave them alone until the fall. Fertilizer, water and sunshine are the order of the year.

Its best to do the hard work on them now when they're growing their fastest ...and when the problem is not as bad or hard to fix. Sort out the roots. The canopy will be there for you to sort out.

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