Ground layer technique

[Damian79]

Hi Paulneill
please explain the tooth pick method?
cheers
Damian

[Paulneill]

The toothpick method is supposed to encourage new roots to grow by drilling small holes into the live tissue and inserting a toothpick to hold the wound open. This is my first time trying it .

[Damian79]

Yeah ok.
Will the roots push the toothpicks out or grow around them? Sorry for my ignorance but I have never heard of this. I Plan on improving the roots on most of my collected trees. Start from the roots up people say, so any info and advice on techniques can only help my progression and skills.
cheers

[Andrew F]

Yeah ok.
Will the roots push the toothpicks out or grow around them? Sorry for my ignorance but I have never heard of this. I Plan on improving the roots on most of my collected trees. Start from the roots up people say, so any info and advice on techniques can only help my progression and skills.
cheers

I repotted some of my olives that were planted may of last year, seen here: viewtopic.php?f=130&t=11666&hilit=+olive

The tooth picks had completely decomposed, leaving roots in their wake. Best of luck.

[Damian79]

Thanks Andrew
Nice stumps too

[Paulneill]

Here is another tree I tried this technique with. The results were very good and the roots had grown evenly . All I did was hose the dirt off around them . You can see the plastic under the roots . This tree is a benji.

[Paulneill]

[Drac0]

Very, very nice result. Well worth the effort it seems.

Cheers

[Watto]

Thanks for the up-date. Great information.

[Andrew F]

I really need to do this to 50% of my trees.

[Gerard]

It appears that the toothpicks have been placed below the original cut, I fear that without live bark at the site of the toothpick the project is doomed. I hope you prove me wrong

[Paulneill]

There are no tooth picks on this .

[Drac0]

There are no tooth picks on this .

I think he's talking about your old post where you added toothpicks.