English Elms

[GavinG]

I've just dug a few elms, some came out a bit rough. I'd like to soak them in Seasol, but I know their roots can rot quite easily.

Should I:
-Soak in Seasol for a week, then into free-draining grit?
-Soak in Seasol, but not long, then into grit?
-Pot into the grit straight away, then water with SS every week or so?

Any advice appreciated.

One is quite graceful, and is now called "Elm MacPherson".

Gavin

[treeman]

How old ,big are they?

[GavinG]

Mostly suckers coming out from thick root sections, very few feeder roots. Mostly up to 3cms thick, although ElmM is thicker, but has feeders.

Gavin

[treeman]

I would first wash roots with good water pressure,make all cuts clean with a saw or pruners and
then heal them for a month or so in sand or pot /plant in sandy mix and water in with ss
They should be fine,Good luck.

[kcpoole]

I soak in SS for only a day or 2 on all my collected trees.
Then Pot up into mix and seasol water every few days.

Ken

[Grant Bowie]

Elms strike easilly as cuttings so if all your cuts are clean and you have some even just a few feeder roots they should be OK.

Grant

[Dario]

Hi Gavin, I am going to collect 2 small (will be shohin size) EE's this week (my first ever), and I would love to see a pic or two of the ones you collected.
I have soaked some collected trees for up to 2 weeks before with no issues, obviously they weren't Eng Elms though, so not applicable.
I would expect that they could go a few days in seasol before being potted up regardless of their roots being prone to rot (didn't know that about procera roots).
Maybe pm Bodhidharma if concerned...I know he has a lot of experience with this species.
Cheers, Dario.