As the title says. I had it this Ginkgo Biloba 2 years now and wanted to move it to it's final place. Looks like the seed was upside down in the nursery. Does it make sense to keep it or it would always struggle?
by AssumptionThick
As the title says. I had it this Ginkgo Biloba 2 years now and wanted to move it to it's final place. Looks like the seed was upside down in the nursery. Does it make sense to keep it or it would always struggle?
by AssumptionThick
4 Comments
It’s doing its best and you should love it for that.
Good bonsai material right there
Its very tiny and those structural imperfections in the roots should work themselves out over time. Just make sure you don’t plant too deeply and keep an eye out for girdling roots over the years.
If I were looking at buying this, a root problem like that would be an instant rejection, no questions asked. There’s no good reason to plant a tree that has such a poor root structure. Buy something that was grown properly and plant that, you’ll set the tree up for a much longer life that way. Also, how long has it been bare rooted for? If the roots have been allowed to dry out, that’s also bad news for the tree.