Whoosier
New Member
Hey all,
Well 5 years ago I planted a bareroot chinkapin oak and it has finally, after the first 3 years of not taking off - being eaten back by rabbits and dying back a bit in the driest part of the summers in Eastern Indiana - it's looking like it will be ok, it's around 5.5 feet now.
I only plant bare root and have a white oak, a swamp white oak, two chinkapin oaks, and one northern red oak in my half acre yard.
I think the die back in the driest part of summers was due to me misplanting the bareroot sapling 5 years ago. I think I didn't get the soil tamped down enough, cracks or voids formed and that allowed the roots to get dried out around the wall of the dug hole. Two years ago I soaked the soil and poked the soil to get rid of cracks or voids - the tree has done great since.
My question is if the tree will likely become root bound in the future?
Hopefully I'm worried over nothing.
Thanks.
Well 5 years ago I planted a bareroot chinkapin oak and it has finally, after the first 3 years of not taking off - being eaten back by rabbits and dying back a bit in the driest part of the summers in Eastern Indiana - it's looking like it will be ok, it's around 5.5 feet now.
I only plant bare root and have a white oak, a swamp white oak, two chinkapin oaks, and one northern red oak in my half acre yard.
I think the die back in the driest part of summers was due to me misplanting the bareroot sapling 5 years ago. I think I didn't get the soil tamped down enough, cracks or voids formed and that allowed the roots to get dried out around the wall of the dug hole. Two years ago I soaked the soil and poked the soil to get rid of cracks or voids - the tree has done great since.
My question is if the tree will likely become root bound in the future?
Hopefully I'm worried over nothing.
Thanks.