[Category 2] Bull Oak
Posted: March 1st, 2010, 2:14 pm
This 25cm high, Australian native, known locally as a Bull Oak, has been through the wars. Wallabies have kept it trimmed over the years and now I have collected it on February 22, 2010, and am growing it in south east NSW.
The twin trunks, the deep fissures of the old bark at the base and the fact that the plant was reshooting after recent rain all made it too interesting for me to pass by.
It has a tap root as long as it’s top so I have planted it in a black plastic pot, scored the top of the root (applying hormone jell) and planted the upper section in a light mix of sphagnum and seed raising mix, held in place by a cut off drink bottle (I’ll be able to see the new roots through the side), to encourage it to grow a new, shallow set of roots. Now I wait.
Jan
The twin trunks, the deep fissures of the old bark at the base and the fact that the plant was reshooting after recent rain all made it too interesting for me to pass by.
It has a tap root as long as it’s top so I have planted it in a black plastic pot, scored the top of the root (applying hormone jell) and planted the upper section in a light mix of sphagnum and seed raising mix, held in place by a cut off drink bottle (I’ll be able to see the new roots through the side), to encourage it to grow a new, shallow set of roots. Now I wait.
Jan