Western hemlock root over wood

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Tsuga heterophylla.
-Common for seedlings to establish on rotting logs, or other form of downed-woody debris…. Nurse logs.
-They tend to produce long, shallow, “searching” type roots.


Collected. Bare-rooted. Minimal root reduction.
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Downed woody debris.
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Wood wired to pot. Tree wired and stapled to wood.
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A bit of pumice, mostly fir bark substrate.
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Topped with sphagnum.
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I’ll check under the sphagnum next Fall, but anticipate keeping the upper roots covered for 2 growing seasons. When the time is right, tree will be styled into a suppressed form.


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This is going to be a very nice composition. I love the idea of a nurse log planting.
 
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I’ve been thinking of doing this… inspired by the sitka spruce on the Oregon coast!
Love it!
Great piece of wood too.
 

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I’ve been thinking of doing this… inspired by the sitka spruce on the Oregon coast!
Love it!
Great piece of wood too.
You should! We could talk strategy, techniques, and see how things turn out.
I also have a wee Sitka rooted into some rotting wood.

Big-ass Sitka. 2’ machete for scale.
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