M.B.
Mame
I dug up a Chinese Tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) intertwined with a Camellia bush. They were growing about 2-3 feet from a friends house and had to go. I could not get very much root with either plant and had to take off even more trying to separate them. There were hardly any feeder roots, mostly large tap/anchor roots.
So question one: has anybody had experience with Chinese Tallow trees? I cut it down to a stump and know nothing as to wether it backbuds or even if it will servive such treatment. It has so little root, what are the chances?
The Camellia is in much the same state, very little root, only with more branches/leaves. I still had to hack it back pretty good since there were several broken branches. Plus I figured there wasn't enough root to support all the leaves anyway.
Question 2: should I make a structure and put a clear plastic bag over them, like a mini greenhouse? Since it's winter moisture isn't a problem but would doing so maybe increase the temperature to help healing or am I fooling myself?
So question one: has anybody had experience with Chinese Tallow trees? I cut it down to a stump and know nothing as to wether it backbuds or even if it will servive such treatment. It has so little root, what are the chances?
The Camellia is in much the same state, very little root, only with more branches/leaves. I still had to hack it back pretty good since there were several broken branches. Plus I figured there wasn't enough root to support all the leaves anyway.
Question 2: should I make a structure and put a clear plastic bag over them, like a mini greenhouse? Since it's winter moisture isn't a problem but would doing so maybe increase the temperature to help healing or am I fooling myself?