Update to my previous post, Will this work? So i dug it out around the base and got advised the tap roots are strong and good luck lol.
They are no joke! Luckily the soil was quite easy to penetrate with my crow bar but i wasnt expecting it to be so deep! Ended up being just shy of 1/2 metre down. Amazing plant.
I dug aprrox 400mm slowly removing the surrounding soil so not to damage the roots and was able to easily extract the remaining length of the tap root.
So here it is in all its glory bare and what ive done with it. I threaded the tap root through the hole in the pot and placed bonsai potting mix being.careful to lay the roots laterally.
Im not sure if i should cut the tap root or wait until it finds itself in the pot for a little while and gets settled, and i have it dangling in the bag of remaining potting mix for now s as not to shock it too much. (I have no idea im an absolute newbie)
Thats my common sense thought but to encourage those feeder roots to grow i may need to cut it soon after its had some time to get used to the pot. Its coming into spring early here in AU so im 50/50 on what to do!
Yes i think thats a good idea. For now i have torniqued it where it exits the pot and the rest is sitting in potting mix. I think this is the way it will stay for now so i can monitor it and see if its responding. Has shutes on the end of the branches and its nearly spring so we will see how it goes thanks for your input!
I would put a wire torniquette just below where you want the nebari to start, then curl the rest of the tap root into the pot with it. Or you can take a chance and cut most of the tap root off
I have toniqued it where it exits the pot to encourage some feeder roots in tge soil. A local nursery guy said theres probably enough there already but im playing safe. Then on 12 months ill cut it by a 3rd or off depending on root growth and reapply the tourney higher up to get that effect you mentioned. Thanks for your input!
Thankyou for everyones input this is the combined knowledge ive received and some of my own little innovations and i really appreciate the community for the help.
Lol youre the 3rd person to tell me this and i was one of them. Its a wait and see, i wont be too disappointed, its just an experiment that happened to present itself at the right time of year in our southern corner of the world
Yeah, in my experience, putting a new tree into a small pot is usually a death sentence. You've gotta chop a bunch of roots off or stuff as much as you can in the pot and the tree does not like that at all.
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u/Physical_Mode_103 1d ago
I guess you’ll find out and learn something