AusBonsai

Hi all,

I will soon have the best opportunity to dig a great number of River Red Gum saplings from the bottom of a channel being de-comitioned and filled over. I would normally do this during winter, is this the best time or is earlier better?

Cutting the tap root as high as i feel comfortable, reducing the limbs to the trunk and taking dirt from the dig site to mix 50/50 when potting has resulted in a 20% success rate in the past.

Does anybody have any advice on how best to improve my chances of saving as many trees as possible, any advice please?

Hi Trent , i have had good success collecting them in Summer /Autumn and transferring them into straight river sand and sat in a wet bet or water tray in a shade house . Mind you i rip them out without any care and the die back is minimal , then they re-shoot .A little care will go a long way for sure .

Cheers Alpineart

Thanks for tip apline, need to get my butt in gear then.

Yep I have to agree, tear them mothers out! I usually plant in a mix of kitty litter, river sand and perlite. You can put a little lifter in the mix as well. Flood the por for a fortnight and water heavy for a month. I found a real beauty today growing out of a rock slab. I'm going back tomorrow with a crow bar.... If I can't break the rock around it I'm going to just pry it out. Using the above the techniques it will be fine ill post pics of the aftermath tomorrow

ViBeS wrote:Yep I have to agree, tear them mothers out! I usually plant in a mix of kitty litter, river sand and perlite. You can put a little lifter in the mix as well. Flood the por for a fortnight and water heavy for a month. I found a real beauty today growing out of a rock slab. I'm going back tomorrow with a crow bar.... If I can't break the rock around it I'm going to just pry it out. Using the above the techniques it will be fine ill post pics of the aftermath tomorrow

How you go digging this one out ViBes?? Any photos.

Josh

ViBeS wrote:Yep I have to agree, tear them mothers out! I usually plant in a mix of kitty litter, river sand and perlite. You can put a little lifter in the mix as well. Flood the por for a fortnight and water heavy for a month. I found a real beauty today growing out of a rock slab. I'm going back tomorrow with a crow bar.... If I can't break the rock around it I'm going to just pry it out. Using the above the techniques it will be fine ill post pics of the aftermath tomorrow