Marty,
Glad you brought up the difference. We all learn when
we share like this.
Kitsune Miko
--- Marty Haber <haberm@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote:
> Kitsuni - Growing tap roots in clay is very
> different from them growing in
> sandy soil. I have found oaks growing in very sandy
> soil which already have
> produced lateral roots in addition to the tap root.
> Removing the tap root
> under these circumstances creates no problem.
> Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitsune Miko" <kits@PACBELL.NET>
> To: <BONSAI@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [IBC] Tap root question
>
>
> > If you have the luxury of time, you can develop
> > lateral roots before you dig. You can cut the tap
> > root below any lateral or feeding roots you
> encounter.
> >
> > Now I have the luxury of collecting oaks in my
> back
> > yard and this is how I do it.
> >
> > Dig down about 18 inches or more on one side of
> the
> > plant. Make some vertical scores in the trunk,
> dust
> > with rooting hormones, cover with soil condusive
> to
> > rooting in your area. In California I use a
> pumice
> > mix as I am diggin in clay. You can cut below new
> > latteral roots that have formed. I like to do one
> > side of the tree one year and the other side the
> > following year so that I have laterals on both
> sides.
> >
> > I do not style for about 2-5 years, letting the
> > collected tree recover from being collected. I
> may go
> > in and repot and do a bit of root training to
> develop
> > more feeder roots before styling.
> >
> > Kitsune Miko
> > --- Andrew G <notchevy327@HN.OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
> wrote:
> >
> >> "Attila" <Attila.1by4m6@timelimit.bonsaiTALK.com>
> >> wrote in message
> >> news:Attila.1by4m6@timelimit.bonsaiTALK.com...
> >> >
> >> > Andrew G wrote:
> >> > > *will removal of the tap root mean the death
> of
> >> a
> >> > > plant?
> >> > > *
> >> >
> >> > You have to be specific about the species you
> are
> >> talking about. The
> >> > age of the tree also matters.
> >> <<<<<SNIP>>>>>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> >> I guess the specific tree in question is the She
> Oak
> >> (Casurina,) Australian
> >> native.
> >> They have a tap root.
> >> Recently got permission from a land owner to move
> as
> >> many as I want from his
> >> paddock, kinda a pest here sometimes.
> >> Basically these vary in size, but the ones I am
> >> looking at/have got are
> >> approx 2-3 inch base trunk, and 12-18 inch tall
> >> (tried my best in measuring
> >> in US sizes). Old corky bark, short in size due
> to
> >> cows/slasher repeatedly
> >> pruning them.
> >> Quite good specimens brilliant starters with
> small
> >> root balls, however a few
> >> have tap roots. Maybe all did, or I should say
> they
> >> would have, but some
> >> more noticeable than others.
> >> Got about 10 last Friday, so far a week and looks
> >> like they will survive,
> >> but then just started Spring here, so the
> "needles"
> >> are not yet browning
> >> even on the pruned off pieces.
> >> Anyway, so in regards to your answer at least I
> know
> >> it's worth a try.
> >> Thanks heaps
> >> Andrew
> >> --
> >> Mid North Coast
> >> New South Wales
> >> Australia
> >>
> >> > Attila
> >> >
> >>
> >
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> >
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> >>
> >>
> >
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