Just what I needed. I didn’t know your could set a root ball in a bucket of water to expose all of the roots. I have some black hill spruce trees that were planted in pairs on accident behind a tractor planter. I need to dig them up, separate the trees by exposing the roots and replant them singularly. Now I know how!!

@GardenUPLandscape

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad this was helpful! Just don't do it in extreme temperatures... I did this in the heat of the summer which was dumb and I should have known better. The tree did try to make a recovery though! But the client decided she wanted something else so it was dug up anyway. Best to do root washes in the spring or fall when temperatures are mild and the sun isn't intense.

I am a Dendrologist in the province of Ontario Canada. This is an excellent and comprehensive video on the most important aspect of todays landscape tree issue. Root collar burial and the overall planting of trees too deep.

@GardenUPLandscape

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! I was honestly worried that I'd given bad advice, not because anything I said was wrong but because I stupidly did this wash in July when it was just too darn hot. I didn't think about it until later, and the client had us ultimately take out this tree to replace it with something else, so I didn't get to observe it for long.

Pray for me. The 30 gallon shantung maple I just bought is gonna have to have everything taken off the root ball and cleaned it just like this. The leader is also dead, don't know what the heck to do about that. Thank you for the video!

@GardenUPLandscape

Жыл бұрын

Crossing my fingers and praying for you and your tree! You're most welcome, I'm glad it was useful! If the leader dies you will need to prune it out, then train a new leader. The tree will likely attempt to select a few leaders if you don't do it first, and that can cause a bunch of problems later.

I think that what happened to my tree, I live in Detroit and you can sigh up and they plant a tree at your curd. Well mine was doing beautiful for first fall, than died. They had a bunch of mulch around it. I watered it good noticed a run off. Removed mulch, made a trench. Water went down but I see no improvement. Is it dead. I don't know. It's a big stick. I hate that the fall leaves were the prettiest on the block.

@GardenUPLandscape

Жыл бұрын

How heartbreaking! Can you call the department that planted it and tell them what happened? Will they replace it? It sounds like if they were volcano mulching that they need to update their practices so it will help a lot if you let them know!

I once got a bare root rose bush from a mail order company with roots growing towards the sky and taller than the stem I tried to plant the rose but it didn’t make it. On reflection I should have taken a photo of the poor quality plant and requested a refund. I rescued a neighbor’s suffering magnolia that had been planted complete with its packaging who knows how long it had been like that.

@GardenUPLandscape

Жыл бұрын

There are so many ways to plant a tree wrong I can't even count them. I'm glad you were able to save your neighbor's tree! Bummer about the rose though.

@botanicaltreasures2408

Жыл бұрын

@@GardenUPLandscape Yes, it was a Week’s rose that was drop shipped through Breck’s-so disappointing. Quality control matters. 🥀

Did the tree survive?

@GardenUPLandscape

5 ай бұрын

I believe it would have, but the client opted to replace it instead.