AusBonsai

I wouldn't count that as surviving, .... if a root sucker takes off. Eventually the entire stump will just rot away if thats the case.
And sometimes with Eucs, you can get dormant energy bursts that eventually die off and the entire thing slowly carks it.

Its an Allens red one for me if the entire stump survives.

Though I did specify:

Rory wrote: ↑August 24th, 2020, 5:06 pm If that survives, (and I don't mean latent energy buds), I'll eat a snake

I never had much luck with Angophora costata due to gall wasps

And that growth is not from the stump, but presumably root or under the base.

I am afraid you might be right Rory. The fresh, healthy shoots have sagged and look awful. Change was overnight.

For you I honestly hope I’m not right.

But I’ve done something like 500+ Euc repots and in particular with older stock, if it’s been badly repotted and is struggling for survival...you often get that strange desperate growth that comes from way down low. It usually doesn’t eventuate.

However on some material, if the lignotuber is where the growth comes from, and there is a high amount of fine root left that wasn’t badly disturbed, it often takes hold. But really.... you lose the beautiful tree and end up with a rotting blob and U shaped branching coming from below.

Eucs are some of the most finicky trees to repot. I never work a Eucs roots hard, because they just don’t tolerate it well in my opinion... especially on older material. Younger seedlings are usually quite tolerant of heavy root removals, but time will tell.

The good thing is that there are so many Eucs being grown now in native nurseries that you can easily find advanced material to pursue your Euc love. I’m not as gun-ho on Eucs as I was when I was younger. Now I prefer Baeckea, Lepto, Mels, etc. mainly because Eucs just have too many quirks. For example, you don’t really know how significantly they get affected by gall wasps, insects, .... not to mention the incredible pain of fighting material with long internodes. It pays to trial different seedlings in your area and see which ones thrive and which don’t.
For example, melliodora is constantly eaten where I live, but nichollii never seems to get eaten. Then there are others that grow so fast they outgrow the insect damage. Angophora are absolutely devastated by gall wasps but other Eucs aren’t around here. Etc etc
Good luck mate.

I bet he eats a lolly snake

RogerW wrote:I bet he eats a lolly snake

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Your definitely safe Rory. A bit late posting. The photo is from 15 December.
After an appropriate time for mourning I have reused the washing tub for another.
The remains will be cremated sometime this winter and the ashes scattered somewhere in the garden. I am sure that is how they would have wanted it.

2020 keeps getting worse . Hopefully next year will be better and we will get to see Rory eat a snake .