Prunus mahaleb_Easy peasy_update
Apart from collecting some really big trees I am also building up the number of small trees. There are basically two practical reasons for that. First - weight, second - it is faster to achieve reasonable results in case you are starting from seed or cuttings. Starting from seed or cuttings? Yes. It is definitely the best way to start small tree. Well, I know, small trees collected from Nature may have a great character. But there are also a lot of challenges. Is it worth the effort? Don't know, leaving that open... Let's start with Yamadori. The following little mahaleb could make a good representative of this category. So what do we have to start with? Problematic roots The only solution to fix this is the air/ground layer. Keep fingers crossed to get nice even distribution of new roots that could be used to grow nice nebari. Got it? Great, but it is only the first step. Then, how long does it take to the point when new roots will get the similar charact