Bonsainut

Denny,
* Chi-elm is especially good at root sprouting. If we could go back in time or maybe next time you might ...well.. may I tell you a story...
About 8 years ago I planted about 30 C-E's in the ground. *After two years I pulled them out in the spring. *Later that year I noticed a ring of sprouts around the former crown of the elms.
* Shoot I had elms all over the place. *Somethings I have learned from these.
1. *4 to 10 buds will sprout from the ends of each severed root.
2. *After the first shoots have elongated choose 1.
3. *Clean up the end of the old root and all the buds you just cut off.
4. *Bind the end you just cleaned up with raffia or green garden tape---tight.
5. *Obviously leave the one elongated shoot to grow wild.
6. *Late spring *start a program of pulling the root up slightly out of the ground to expose the thick root to air. *It will soon take on the look of elm trunk. *Gently or you may pull the whole thing up, but usually they are a mile long!
7. *When you have exposed adaquate trunk, stake it and give it some movement. *
8. Mid summer start a root chopping program. *The reason for this is that the main root (now a trunk) may not have enough fine side roots. *I use a half wide shovel the landscapers dig trenches with.
9. *Make one downward cut at 12 o'clock and each week work around the tree with a new cut 11, 10 Etc.. *This will produce some branch rooting but wont stress it too much.
10. *The following spring lift then and pot up. *
11. *Believe it or not I am still harvesting elms from those same beds. *If they were weeds I would be a-cussin' but well they are Elms, count your blessings.
12. Hope that helps with your question... what was your question again...

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Keep growing,---'Nut



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