On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 13:38:28 +0100, john west wrote:

Planted a Victoria plum tree some time ago in a black plastic recycle
box.
Its been growing really well. when i came to move it (i put it in the
box because i knew i would move it) i found a long tap root (about a
finger thick) had escaped from the box into the soil below.

I cannot get this root out of the ground without breaking it.

Would this result in serious damage to the little plum tree or would it
recover from this? Thanks.

It might be more sensible to wait until winter if you can, when the tree
is dormant.

Do you just intend to move the box but keep the tree in it?

Cheers


Dave R



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