Collected Eucalyptus

[Lane]

Hi,

Scored a nice euc that was being pulled out by a landscaper mate of mine.

They chopped the tap root and not a lot of lateral roots seem to have come with it, although it doesn't look like many were cut I just don't think it had a lot to begin with?

It was around 1.5 meters tall and has a base around 80mm and a 25-30mm trunk with nice movement.

After I brought it home I pruned back to a few leaves on each of the lower shoots, should I completely defoliate to help it recover???

Many thanks.

[Kelvin8r]

Any photos mate?

The Euc i collected, i ran out of time to do anything with, so i just chucked it in a pot of premium potting mix and flew to Perth for a week of training. 6 days later i returned home to find a heap of new buds pushing through, and its still throwing out new growth today.

Watered every morning and night.

[Sno]

Water ,water ,water ,oh did I mention water . Place the pot in a saucer so that you get a capillary action happening . Anyway that's what I do . And then I water it some more . Hope that helps .
Cheers Sno

[Kelvin8r]

Water ,water ,water ,oh did I mention water . Place the pot in a saucer so that you get a capillary action happening . Anyway that's what I do . And then I water it some more . Hope that helps .
Cheers Sno

So you think water is a good idea? Hahaha

What kind of soil do you think is best for Euc's Sno?

[Sno]

I put mine in an open mix . The sooner they get a fine fibrous root system the better, it saves on water on the next repot . I still water heavy at each repot though .
When digging them up , even if they lose all there leaves keep watering heavily only after the bark starts cracking all the way down to the base do I give up .

[Lane]

It is soaking in Seasol and I'll pot it up tonight and water it at least twice a day.




Should I leave those leaves and shoots on?


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[Kelvin8r]

I'm by no means an expert, but i personally would leave the foliage and roots in tact whilst it's recovering

[Rory]

uhhh... There ain't much root on that stock. I don't like your chances, but good luck anyway.

[Lane]

I thought the same thing when I saw it Rory.

Confusing thing is that there aren't any other points where roots have been damaged besides the tap root and those three lateral roots, I thought tap roots were mainly for structural support?

It was destined for the tip anyway so any chance to save it is a blessing.

[kvan64]

The tap roots are usually structural and help support the standing of the plant. Feeder roots are the fine thin ones. I would not leave many leaves due to water loss through respiration.

[Lane]

Potted up this afternoon and will keep it as wet as can be!!!


They found another euc underneath the scrub, here is a cutting, any idea of the species of this or the first one?

They had very long leggy growth competing for light, hopefully they will reduce well.




I asked them to be more gentle with the tap root and the others and they obliged, will pick it up tomorrow.


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[Sno]

Hi MacGuyver , your gonna need more water . I will be interested to see if this makes it . I have got one through with nearly as little root as this ,I left the foliage on ( about the same as what you cut off from the first photo ) my tree a Eucalyptus melliodora dropped all it's leaves after about two weeks and then a couple of weeks after started to bud up again .

[shibui]

I have had E. camaldulensis cut back to no branches and no roots - just the lignotuber 1/2 buried in the mix and they have survived. Others with little more root than this and main trunk cut back similar to this have also survived - no seasol used on any of them and no particular heavy or frequent watering.
Good luck with this one.
I'm not familiar enough with the eucs of Sydney area to make an ID. If it is likely to be a local species you could try http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/ Plantnet has a search function based on geographic location to help narrow down the list of options.

[fossil finder]

Yes the lignotuber and maybe 50-100mm of trunk is the go if you want it to survive and be useful. Put it in the ground and pray but more importantly take note of what you did so you can modify technique if unsuccessful . The tree might not have had many finer roots to start with but it is preferable to dig very carefully and recover those available.

[Lane]

So these have both thrown at least a few shoots each.



This has a couple of shoots at its top that we're going ok but one day last week it supposed to rain all day so I pulled it out of its shady spot only to have full sun belt down on it all day! Whoops. Needless to say the top
shoot shriveled up and died off, I plan to chop it at that upper left shoot to down above that bottom right shoot which should add some nice taper.

Not sure if I should do this soon as fossil finder recommended keeping them short for best results but I chose to keep it this height to see where it would shoot from.

My other question is if I should leave a fair bit of excess for potential die off? I notice gums tend to have plenty of dead wood engulfed in calloused cambium.



No set plan for this one yet, it has many more shoots on both sides so more possibilities, thoughts?

Cheers

Chris.


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