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Hi guys,

As you know i made a post in regards to an Azalea dig i was able to do. This went along nicely and my father and I came away with 5 separate Azaleas. Hopefully all survive. :fc: Thank you for you help and advice. I'm hoping to get some more if i'm not pushing my luck (advice that is!)

Anyways i just found out from my wife who does admin for our church (where i got the Azaleas) that the builders have remove a cherry blossom which i was told i could touch :shake:. The trunk of the cherry blossum is roughly thigh size and the tree is anywhere from 20-40 years old. My wife tells me that there is a fair amount of roots in the root ball and the tree is in the shade. I have instructed he to grab some news paper cover the roots and water them heavily.

I am unable to get to the tree for another 4 hours. What do you think my chances are that i can keep this tree alive?
My plan is to rush home and get the tree in a seasol bath overnight and then pot up in whatever i can find that is big enough.

Its a very sad day for me because i was able to dig up that tree but was told i couldn't because it was staying :crybye:
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they are tough
should survive. just keep the root moist
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Pot it up in Pumice and water like crazy!
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once u potted it up. keep it in a shady area.
cut it back too. less stress for the tree.
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Hey guys thanks for the quick advice, and your help.

The tree had a surprising amount of roots left on it seeing as though a bobcat was used to pull it out of the ground. I have potted it up in a temporary foam special and given it a good drink of water and also a good seasol water. This weekend i'm going to find a bigger pot to put it in so it has a lot more room to recover. I'm really hoping it will survive.

Below is a pic of the tree. As you can see it is quite a trunk! That is a 1.25 bottle next to it

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If you have room, you can put it back into the ground for a year or 2 to recover.

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I wish i had the room kc.
Unfortunately i live in a unit but the plan is to find a pot that is around 80cm x 80cm x 80cm so it has plenty of room.
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Just searching for cherry blossoms and found this old thread, curious ... how did it go?

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Hey. If you click on the persons profile it says the last time they logged on... the op hasn’t been on the forum for 6 years!
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Ahh pro tip! Thanks, my bad.
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