they are not houseplants .... if you can.. just plant it in the ground outside ... in a shady place ... wouldnt surprise me.. if it recovered ... being the weed tree it is.... and dont scratch it anymore... it either lives.. or it doesnt ... in no way.. in this pic.. does it look dead.. to me ... until it turns all brown ... and while you are sticking it in mother earth.. look for white root tips.. if they are there.. the plant is just fine ... if the roots are all black.. then there is a good shot.. the plant is dead ... let us know ... just tip it out of the pot .... ken ps: Columbia River Gorge doenst mean much to some of us stuck in the midwest .... lol..

Hi Renee (if you're still there) Just wanted to let you know that I followed your advice throughout winter, and my little tree basically just hibernated. But since the days have started getting longer again, the tree is growing like crazy! It's a very happy little tree now! Thank you for the good advice :) Sarah

I'll take another close up picture today, but it looks like its got 2 needles coming out of each hole. I'll put a ruler on the needles too. I have so many I don't know how I can pot them all. Right now each of them was dug out with a pretty big root ball because the soil is still nice and wet. What am I going to do with all these??? And where to plant them???? I have a pretty big wet area (sometimes wet in spring and fall), maybe I could put them there.

i like your optimism... with that pot.. lol ... there is a theory.. that things prefer some bit of being pot bound ... yours will not be so for a very long time ... i might think about doing pot in pot ... right in that giant pot ... also ... you dont mention your media... trees prefer a sip of water ... then total drainage.. and near drying before the next sip ... the stuff you have in that pot.. looks like it might hold way to much water for a tree ... which can be solved.. if your smaller pot had media more attuned to trees ... trees dont grow like other plants ... it has probably put out everything you will see this year ,... thats it ... but it will be growing roots.. for next year growth ... probably time to plant some annuals in there.. so you will forget about your little tree for the rest of the season ... but those plants like a lot of water.. so you would be back to a second pot with tree media ... so you could keep it.. drier than the rest ... ken