Butters
ArboristSite Lurker
Hi,
I am new to this forum, and had a question about my flowering weeping tree seedling which I purchased online. I asked this question on another forum but havent got an answer yet.
The tree, about 18'' came in a small plastic plug pot, with green healthy foliage. I immediately planted the tree in the ground.
About two days after I planted it, I began to notice the leaves drying up. At first I just thought it was stress and the tree will lose some leaves in the process. So I gave it a few more days with plenty of water.
Today when I checked the tree I noticed that it looks completely dead, with all the leaves dried up and the main stem no longer has green underneath its bark.
So I'm thinking that its either dead, or dying in its location. So with this in mind, I removed it from its hole to place it in a pot so I can take it with me to my house so I could watch over it. While removing it from the ground I accidentally let the root get exposed and what I saw was the main root which is very thick, completely twisted up and in the shape of the small plug pot it came in. I immediately thought that this was odd, considering the things I read on the internet, about how you shouldn't force or squeeze the root in a smaller hole than its roots.
My questions are;
Is this normal for a nursery to send a tree with the root forced into a small pot like that?
Did I do something wrong when I planted it? when you plant a plugged or potted plant or tree, are you suppose to completely remove all the dirt from the roots to expose and spread them out? Or do you just place the root ball in the ground the way it came, just by removing the container it came in?
I'm not exactly sure what I'm suppose to do about this, because if I was suppose to take apart the roots from the root ball then plant, then I messed up on a lot of trees that I planted which came like that, which have been doing well.
Like I said, I'm new to this tree planting thing. So any help I really appreciate
Thanks!
I am new to this forum, and had a question about my flowering weeping tree seedling which I purchased online. I asked this question on another forum but havent got an answer yet.
The tree, about 18'' came in a small plastic plug pot, with green healthy foliage. I immediately planted the tree in the ground.
About two days after I planted it, I began to notice the leaves drying up. At first I just thought it was stress and the tree will lose some leaves in the process. So I gave it a few more days with plenty of water.
Today when I checked the tree I noticed that it looks completely dead, with all the leaves dried up and the main stem no longer has green underneath its bark.
So I'm thinking that its either dead, or dying in its location. So with this in mind, I removed it from its hole to place it in a pot so I can take it with me to my house so I could watch over it. While removing it from the ground I accidentally let the root get exposed and what I saw was the main root which is very thick, completely twisted up and in the shape of the small plug pot it came in. I immediately thought that this was odd, considering the things I read on the internet, about how you shouldn't force or squeeze the root in a smaller hole than its roots.
My questions are;
Is this normal for a nursery to send a tree with the root forced into a small pot like that?
Did I do something wrong when I planted it? when you plant a plugged or potted plant or tree, are you suppose to completely remove all the dirt from the roots to expose and spread them out? Or do you just place the root ball in the ground the way it came, just by removing the container it came in?
I'm not exactly sure what I'm suppose to do about this, because if I was suppose to take apart the roots from the root ball then plant, then I messed up on a lot of trees that I planted which came like that, which have been doing well.
Like I said, I'm new to this tree planting thing. So any help I really appreciate
Thanks!