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Growing trees now To be moved later

8 years ago

Hi,

i am planning on doing a self build later in life and want to have some nice trees in the garden. However I won't be building for atleast 6 - 7 years. I have started growing some trees that I like, jacaranda, rhodendron (it's a bush but training as a tree), and wisteria.

my jacaranda is currently 6 month old from seed and is about 10 inch tall. Firstly does anyone think this is slow for a jacaranda?

In have a 1.5m grafted wisteria it's currently tall and thin. Got a lot of work to do on it.

The others are still really small.

Now the the big question is I plan on moving later and would like to take these trees with me to plant in the ground.

i don't know how tall and wide to expect these trees to get in 6 -7 years but what's the best way for me to train them so that they get thick trunks to support themselves and give them the best start in the ground in 6 years?

I was thinking of maybe the bonsai cut and grow technique but just not as a bonsai. As usually the bonsai technique you'd cut it at say 1m down to 30cm but I could let it grow to 3m then cut it down to 1m?

The main issue I'm going to face is getting the trees from my garden currently through my house and into a removal van. So trees would have to fit through a normal size doorway for 6 years but I want them to have a massive root structure which will support them for fast growth when they get out in the ground.

Space at the new property won't be an issue so trees can grow free. Any advice on any training techniques I havnt heard of which would help in this situation would be great :)

Also I will be keeping these trees in extremely large fabric air pots so they can be moved. I currently pot them in a mix of compost, coco coir, perlite and canna a and b fertiliser.

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seandocherty96
Original Author

8 years ago

Would it not be possible to allow the tree to grow to say 10ft so it wouldn't fit through a doorway and gets a huge root structure but then right before move date do a hard prune in someway so that it fits and has a burst of growth?

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User
8 years ago
YOU are trying to do the impossible ... "So trees would have to fit through a normal size doorway for 6 years
but I want them to have a massive root structure which will support them
for fast growth when they get out in the ground."

You can't keep them small enough to fit through the doorway and still have a "massive root structure".
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User
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Nope ... because the hard pruning would wreck the tree's structure, and on top of the move to outdoors and transplanting the growth would have a severe setback. Or they would just die on you.

If you want BIG TREES NOW after you build, spend the money in 24 or 36-inch boxed ones and have them transplanted in by professionals.

Planting a nicely rooted 15-gallon jacaranda and taking good care of it after planting would work best for the least amount of money. Minimal transplant shock.
seandocherty96
Original Author
7 years ago
From what I understand when you prune a main trunk down the tree creates two side shoots near the top.

i read that's what people do with bonsai to create taper. Let grow and chop down to 1/3 the size. So I thought growing to 10ft then chop to 4ft it would then sprout new side shoots?
User
7 years ago
You seem determined to do this ... so go ahead and do it.

let us know how it works.
PRO
Beau Monde Landscape LLC
7 years ago
Let me know how it goes!

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