Collected casuarinas

[joelham]

Hi guys,
Collected 2 casuarinas today. Not certain what type they are. They have some nice trunks, and was hoping to get some advice in how to grow them on. Both require a trunk chop, one will loose all it'd foliage, whereas one had a branch I can create a new leader with.
Got a significant amount of roots with them, they came out if quite clayey soil. Should I pot them into a free draining mix?
How do you think they will go with a chop at this time if year.
Any help would be appreciated, want to keep them alive
Cheers!
Joel

[Elmar]

Ok,
No-one gave any feedback...

I've just rescued a couple of young trees (6foot tall and very thin). They came out of very dry soil and had very very little roots - a tap root of about 10-15 cm at the most and a small amount of feeder roots.

Do we have an "Idiots guide to harvesting small trees" that can be used as a more effective guide? I would imagine if have to cut them down to 20cm trunks and virtually remove all the foliage for them to survive...!?!?

I'm at work so won't be able to post any pictures until tonight...

ANY advice that would remove some doubt would be appreciatedz


Cheers
EZ
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[Jarad]

Ok,
No-one gave any feedback...

I've just rescued a couple of young trees (6foot tall and very thin). They came out of very dry soil and had very very little roots - a tap root of about 10-15 cm at the most and a small amount of feeder roots.

Do we have an "Idiots guide to harvesting small trees" that can be used as a more effective guide? I would imagine if have to cut them down to 20cm trunks and virtually remove all the foliage for them to survive...!?!?

I'm at work so won't be able to post any pictures until tonight...

ANY advice that would remove some doubt would be appreciatedz


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EZ
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I believe you read the thread below in July last year:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18241

Is that what you were looking for?

[Elmar]

Thx Jarad,
I've got that one (thank you for reminding me), is there a ratio
If trunk to roots? Like I mentioned these are very lanky (only about a finger thick at the bottom but 6 foot tall) and will 'want' to chop them right down but is that a good idea?

I'm wearing gloves so the tree can't see my brown fingers... Lol


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EZ
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[Rory]

https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/wiki/index. ... t_a_bonsai

I haven't 'dug' many trees at all from the wild, as I am just too lazy, and would rather pay, but the above is just a few no brainer tips. Any cas that I have dug, I striped all foliage off. I have been told this helps to conserve energy, but... haven't had much success with digging from wild with cas' so I gave it up. A finger thick trunk isn't anything to worry about too much, as you could just buy something with a lot less work with this thickness... but where you are, maybe you don't have that option. Sometimes with cas, when you cut way down into the trunk, it will sucker from the bottom and produce suckers that will still take... but you can sometimes lose the main trunk.

[Elmar]

Thx BBM,
I have read this one, too. Unfortunately they are all rather vague...

Guess I'm just gonna have to have a go! Chop it where I think it should be (+ safety marking for die-back) and watch it like a Hawk...like it states "... aftercare, aftercare, aftercare..!"
Thank you for the links, they did help, in a roundabout way.


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EZ
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