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Old 12-05-2004, 02:04 AM
Gardñ@Gardñ.info
 
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Default To straighten or not to straighten

"Mike LaMana" fake@MikeatHeartwoodConsultingdotnet in
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I run into this a lot, especially with really big trees as the rootballs
weigh up to 500 tons!

The real answer is usually to gingerly dig it up, perhaps on only their
leaning side, and re-set it. If it just been a few months you won't be
molesting many new rootlets IMO.


some trees look better with non vertical trunks. readily found pics:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
&q=leaning+palm&spell=1




http://www.aliseeiii.homestead.com/f...aning_on_Palm-
web.jpg
some 'swimtrunks' look better than any tree at any angle


also
http://images.google.com/images?
q=tbn:Pqr11bqPS3MJ:http://www.silba.org/slike_biljke/Al...520pine%2520-%
2520Pinus%2520halepensis_jpg.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?
q=tbn:vz_ezOzPNcYJ:http://www.science.siu.edu/landplant...ta/images/Cupr
essus.macrocarpa.JPEG
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbnh-
2SQyb4r4J:community.webshots.com/s/image2/8/91/42/82189142grAqPf_ph.jpg



maybe these aren't the best
http://images.google.com/images?
q=tbn:8VipvFmIxpsJ:http://www.lotusbonsai.com/tree%2520...g%2520pine.JPG
http://images.google.com/images?
q=tbn:m1Idc2VdFV0J:web.uct.ac.za/depts/geolsci/dlr/4day2001/dscn0590.jpg