Alain BERTRAND
Mame
JC : the rest of the tree is awfull. It was just an experiment planted at the end of a row of J. maple in my in ground nursery. The maple partially outgrew it and there is no low branches at the bottom of the tree. I will probably have to graft it (I tried the "hairpin shaped" graft technique on another tree and it worked well, it is nice for dummies like me).
pwk5017 : it is exactly what you wrote. But I think that if you work for seedlings, it is better to use the method described by JC even if you didn't cut the roots the first year. I have posted the pic already elsewhere in the forum but on the following red pine, while the nebari is far from perfect, all the roots comes from the same level though they were not cut the first year. Maybe it could be nice to try both methods at the same time, that is engaging 3/4 of the seedling roots under the tile and letting them grow undisturbed and working the upper fourth part in the habitual way. Gonna try
pwk5017 : it is exactly what you wrote. But I think that if you work for seedlings, it is better to use the method described by JC even if you didn't cut the roots the first year. I have posted the pic already elsewhere in the forum but on the following red pine, while the nebari is far from perfect, all the roots comes from the same level though they were not cut the first year. Maybe it could be nice to try both methods at the same time, that is engaging 3/4 of the seedling roots under the tile and letting them grow undisturbed and working the upper fourth part in the habitual way. Gonna try
