Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Let's see the TREE's, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Peter,
No, I do not bother with all of that. Sometimes, like 2 weeks ago LOL, I do not even bother rooting the big trees at all. I just cut them off at the base and stick them in a 5 gallon pot of wet dirt. And then I don't water again until I absolutley have to! I also cut off all the big leaves and all the top growth above the Y to about 16 to 24 inches depending on how many growth spurs there are. I them wet the inside of a plastic garbage bag and put it over the top foliage and secure it well and this keeps the foliage left from wilting.

However, if I am a good brug mother, I put wet moss around the base of a brug tree, cover it completely with a piece of silver foil. I use the big heavy kind. I squench it at the top and at the bottom so it is tight. And when I water, I water over the silver foil just in case it is not airtight and it is drying out. After about 1 month or 6 weeks, I peel back the foil and usually there are lots of roots. In the summer it goes even faster. No prep work on the trunk at all!

This tree, Rosamond, was a sucker tree that I cut off at base just like I discuss above and stuck right into a 5 gallon pot.

Scooterbug..............LOL!!