5yr Native Tree Challenge Gaitano's Pin Oak

[Gaitano]

2019 pin oak volunteer from yard tree



Fall of 2020

Spring 2021 repot - root work and attached to wood board - into plastic collander



Fall of 2021


Fall of 2022

 

[Gaitano]

Spring 2023 - repot and removed from board. Straightened roots. Repot to mica pot.

 

[Zelrod]

Great movement in the trunk. Your oak has nice lines!

 

[Gaitano]

Thanks! Although I think the bottom right branch is dead. Which in the long run is probably fine.

 

[Gaitano]

And an update, this did not survive the winter. I think it did not get enough water in the mesh basket.

 

[Tums]

You did nice work on the trunkline though. Are you going to start another tree separate from the contest?

 

[Gaitano]

I do have another volunteer that started this spring. I’ll have to check out the progress soon.

 

[Gaitano]

Take two. Not as nice as the original. Fall ‘23 photo

 

[czaczaja]

Love the nebari. I really hope I will be able to get my oaks to that stage.

 

[Gaitano]

They seem to be vigorous growers. I’m looking forward to finding what the root growth looks like at repotting time.

 

[Gaitano]

Spring 2024 repot. Deeper pot and a coarse perlite / coco coir mix. Roots straightened. This will be my “honorable mention” submission.

 

[Gaitano]

mid spring update

 

[Gaitano]

Fall 2024

 

[Eckhoffw]

Nice work!

I’ve yet to get my young oak starts to this point. Looking great.

 

[Gaitano]

Thank you, it’ll be interesting to see how this develops down the road