White Pine
- NetstatAmok
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Does anyone have any experience of lifting a field grown white pine please ?
My relatively new neighbours have what I think is a white pine growing in an exposed position in their front garden that they want to remove. It's been there 10yrs + and has plenty of healthy and substantial growth in all directions as it has been left to it's own devices for the duration. I think it's a real shame that they want to remove it, but if it's going to happen, then I'm determined to give it a chance of a future.
I'm thinking of trying to lift it in the Spring next year and will try to keep the soil close to the root ball whilst backfilling a large pot with free draining aggregates, but it's inevitable that I will be removing quite a lot of roots when it's lifted. I'm wondering if I should be thinking about removing some (a lot ?) of the top growth and thining out over the next month or 2 ahead of lifting.
Any thoughts, advice or ideally practical experience would be interesting to read and appreciated !
Thanks in advance !
My relatively new neighbours have what I think is a white pine growing in an exposed position in their front garden that they want to remove. It's been there 10yrs + and has plenty of healthy and substantial growth in all directions as it has been left to it's own devices for the duration. I think it's a real shame that they want to remove it, but if it's going to happen, then I'm determined to give it a chance of a future.
I'm thinking of trying to lift it in the Spring next year and will try to keep the soil close to the root ball whilst backfilling a large pot with free draining aggregates, but it's inevitable that I will be removing quite a lot of roots when it's lifted. I'm wondering if I should be thinking about removing some (a lot ?) of the top growth and thining out over the next month or 2 ahead of lifting.
Any thoughts, advice or ideally practical experience would be interesting to read and appreciated !
Thanks in advance !
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- Tropfrog
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I am not certain about what species it is and have not lifted any of the possible species.
However, it is not adviceable to cut and colect at the same year. Cut one year prior to colecting or one year after if healthy.
However, it is not adviceable to cut and colect at the same year. Cut one year prior to colecting or one year after if healthy.
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