Post a pic of your cool root flare
I showed you mine, show me yours! :)
Leave the lower limbs on and these develop a pretty awsome flare. Few things like it in Missouri. And this one was just an Arbor Day twig back in the fall of '04.
Anyone got some good cypress knees, nyssa aquatica trunks or somethin neat to show?
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poaky1
6 years agoRelated Discussions
how does a root flare develop on a rooted stick
Comments (9)Thanks Dax! Wish I could take credit for it ;-) Hortster, you bring up a good very good point about where precisely rooting will take place. It does make me wonder if my potted tree was planted too deep after it was rooted or if the soil level could have actually been maintained as it was up potted (if it was even potted up since the roots on the flare could easily be traced all the way to the edge of the 2 gallon imprint). Two other thoughts: 1) I can't help but wonder if some of those roots on the "non-rooted" side could possible girdle the tree down the road. I have also seen some very nice pics of a tree (a deciduous magnolia) self root grafting. I think since it is actual root tissue down there, it should fuse if they ever press on each other. If it were actual trunk, then a SGR issue might well arise. 2) This thing was just about as good as it gets being potted stock originating from a large wholesale grower (Greenleaf). There were some roots that had begun to circle on the outside of the container but once teased out, they went straight and stayed that way. As some have stated in the past, this was fresh spring stock primed and ready to be planted. If this plant hung around in this 2 gallon pot all summer into fall growing roots in a circle, it would not have been quite so easy to straighten out and plant correctly. This post was edited by j0nd03 on Mon, Apr 7, 14 at 10:25...See MoreRoot Flare issue
Comments (21)That's known as a "J" root. The below quote is from the link posted below. "A new problem identified to us at a recent trade show was called the "J-root". This is a problem being caused by mechanical planting of B&B trees. As the transplant machine moves down the row digging a trench, the seedlings are set into the trench and dragged slightly in transit. This causes the loose roots to be drawn to the rear rather than spreading out in all directions. The trunk flare ends up having a "J" shape with roots growing in one direction. As the tree grows it will not be stable in the ground." Here is a link that might be useful: J Root...See MoreWhat oak is this with the great root flare?
Comments (12)Quercus Velutina, Black oak (northern) is said to have orange in it's bark cracks or creases. Hope that helps. My Q. Velutina is young and I haven't had luck spotting orange in the creases yet. If it is close-by, I would check in fall, what the leaves do, or don't do. Q. Velutina is drab in fall. My oaks are too young for me to say much about the bark, comparing to my oaks in color etc...See MoreHow do you Tell a Root Flare from a Graft
Comments (10)That's one of the things I dislike about all the grafted stock out there-this very conundrum. As odd as it may appear, I think you're close to right-on for planting depth. If it were me, I'd use nothing other than organic mulching materials on top of that soil. BTW, I fully understand why trees are grown this way......the perceived need to produce a consistent product from plant to plant, the desire to have a predictable outcome with the scions used. But these grafts are not helpful in terms of planting depth and we all know of some cases where graft incompatibility wreaks havoc on the tree long after installation. The 'Autumn Purple' cultivar of white ash comes to mind, many trees declining and dying out long after being planted. At least for native tree types, I sure would like to see more seed-grown stuff. We could still have our consistency via making careful seed harvests from known good genetics. Some degree of variation would be healthy, after all. +oM...See MoreToronado3800 Zone 6 St Louis
6 years ago
shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
6 years agopoaky1
6 years agoMike McGarvey
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
Here I am, probably in the same place except she's standing behind the root behind me. This was a few years ago on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Allerton Garden. It is known as the Moreton Bay fig. Ficus macrophylla.
shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
6 years agokrnuttle
6 years agoI believe the tree is a Ficus drupacea (Mysore Fig), Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, Florida
The above is from a PDF put out be the Lee County Extension, Fort Myers, Florida.
Here I is a picture I took several years ago.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
6 years ago
bengz6westmd
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoHere's one w/a tiny version of some of the fig root-flairs above. Finally figured out this was an American elm, to our surprise:
Here's a spidery root flair of a Norway spruce:
Big but pretty much dead hemlock in a MD State park:
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
Welcome to Los Angeles. Ficus benjamina.
Toronado3800 Zone 6 St Louis
6 years agoHuggorm
6 years ago
MattB (Zone 7a Tn)
6 years agoHere are a few that I have run into in some of my travels.This one is an American Beech tree in Greenville South Carolina
These two are Bald Cypress trees in Lake Martin, near Lafayette, Louisiana.
This last one is a Banyan Tree in Bermuda
poaky1
6 years agopoaky1
6 years agoMike McGarvey
6 years agopoaky1
6 years agoshaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoSpeaking of Ficus covering acres, I took these pics a few years ago in India's Kolkota Botanical Gardens. (Camera was playing up from the incredible humidity.)
It's commonly regarded as the "true" Banyan, F. benghalensis, and this is technically one tree, with the world's largest canopy of over 4 acres. As the aerial roots hit the ground, they form another tree, which in turn drops its aerial roots to form more trees etc.
(Click pics to enlarge.)
poaky1
6 years agofloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
6 years agoChurchyard Yew seen yesterday. As much branch flare as root flare ;-) I don't know its age but the church was founded in 680.
Todd C
6 years agoHere are some taxodium I took 5 or ten years ago
the first two are growing on the Guadalupe river in central texas the last is on campus texas state univ
Todd C
6 years agopoaky1
6 years ago
shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)