Replanted Daimyo Oak

John Vander · 31st May 2011, 10:59 AM

I took a small (2 meters high) Daimyo Oak (Quercus Dentata) out of the mountain and brought it home. I planted it in my back yard and when spring came, it started making new leaves, but the leaves are very small! The Daimyo Oak has HUGE leaves, about the size of a dinner plate, but the leaves on my little tree are about 3 inches in lenth. Could it be because of the shock from being transplanted? Any advice on how to help this tree grow well? ANY advice on the Daimyo Oak will be MUCH appreciated! Thanx!

Eric Frei · 31st May 2011, 08:07 PM

How big a root ball did you take?

I bet the soil from where you took it is very different from the soil it now has to live in.

I bet also it had a unique soil biota where it was and now it has ... alien soil. Plus we have no idea about the transplant process which could be flawed.

Local microbes and fungi make a huge difference.

From another thread, but same solution.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Frei

You'd be better off doing a compost tea drench far out to the drip line, here's a link to Aussie style products but you'd have similar over there.

http://www.batphone.com.au/index.php...id=8&Itemid=29

The microbe arm mix and root extender is the go.

Also to be added is silica and seaweed products.

That will restore good soil biota and let this tree repair itself.

John Vander · 2nd June 2011, 10:25 AM

Well, the rootball was quite small since the tree was actually an off shoot from a neary tree. I must say that the soil there is also quite a bit different from where I live.

31st May 2011, 10:59 AM	#1
John Vander Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: May 2011 Location: Oita Prefecture, Japan Posts: 135	Replanted Daimyo Oak I took a small (2 meters high) Daimyo Oak (Quercus Dentata) out of the mountain and brought it home. I planted it in my back yard and when spring came, it started making new leaves, but the leaves are very small! The Daimyo Oak has HUGE leaves, about the size of a dinner plate, but the leaves on my little tree are about 3 inches in lenth. Could it be because of the shock from being transplanted? Any advice on how to help this tree grow well? ANY advice on the Daimyo Oak will be MUCH appreciated! Thanx!

2nd June 2011, 10:25 AM	#3
John Vander Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: May 2011 Location: Oita Prefecture, Japan Posts: 135	Re: Replanted Daimyo Oak Well, the rootball was quite small since the tree was actually an off shoot from a neary tree. I must say that the soil there is also quite a bit different from where I live.

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