Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Queene Anne Tree that is root-bound, 1 by Rick94110

Rick94110 wrote:
Planted two queen anne's in my front sidewalk. Both came root-bound. One I opened up as much as I could. The other, not as much. Well, guess what happened; one is growing fine and the other is spindly. So, probably in the growing season, probably March, after most of the rains and the ground is moist, here in SF, I plan to dig down to take a look at that root system, and pull apart as much as I can. Then replenish the soil. I saw the picture of the queene anne root system on this website, but didn't read the article. Most of those roots are way down deep underneath the immediate rootball for this large palm. Plan to pull apart as much as I can. Read somewhere that in construction, if you cut off 45 percent of the tree roots, it won't live,...ha ha ha, oh my. That's way, way way too much. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/treecare/maintenance/construction... The diameter of my tree is more than a foot, but less than 18 inches, about. They've been in the ground at least three years. I think I can do it. Here's a photo, and thanks

This message was edited Nov 12, 2015 11:26 AM