It was collected around 4 or five weeks ago from a suburban block that was been totally demolished around the corner from Mum,s work.
She notified me of the demolition, so I went to have a look at the block of land and this was the result. Unfortunately by the time I arrived, this was the only tree worth collecting as the majority of the garden had already been trashed.
Once I got it home I removed the remaining soil and bare rooted it and then trimmed the roots. There were a number of feeder roots in close to the trunk.
I soaked it in seasol over night and then potted it into a poly box in a diatomite and pine bark mix (8 parts D to 2 parts PB). I forgot to take pics of this process, sorry!
In the last 2 weeks it has started to pop buds all over the stump from the base to the top where I chopped the trunk on collection.
I am surprised that the bark from the trunk chop cut has already started to roll over.
I potted the base of the trunk quite deep under the soil to aid the root growth/flare, and there is more taper under the soil surface.
It has a tiny bit of movement and taper, and whilst it is not stunning material, I hope to learn a lot about the species through it...I have my eye on some much nicer ones but wish to learn more about the species before I try my hand at collecting them.
Anyway, it was going to be toast, so I am glad I saved it. It gets to live and I get to learn...sounds fair to me!
Sorry for the poor quality pics, I am currently saving up for a decent camera so thanks for your patience! Cheers, Dario.
Will be revisiting your "11 yrs from seed post" many times to learn more about this species.
) im yet to have an Ash tree but will be digging one this year 
nice tree by the way in 3-5yrs it will be well on its way 
even without grafting it would take more than one season to close over from what I have seen with other ash that have been cut properly 
carved out wound. 
