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Originally Posted by Steve Turner[_2_]
I hope someone can help me here.
I've inherited a couple of Eucalyptus trees from my sister (in the process
of turning an overgrown mess into a garden). They were both pot bound - been
in pots for something like 6 years.
The smaller one, only about 4 foot high, seems to be dying - lots of yellow
and brown leaves after only 11 days in the ground. It had some yellow leaves
on it when it was planted, but seems to have accelerated.
The taller, 6 foot one, seems to be faring better but also has some yellow
leaves.
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Did you untangle their roots a bit before planting them? I know Eucs don't like having their roots played with in general, but if a plant is badly pot bound then putting it in the ground usually results in an upcoming death whether it is a Euc or a gooseberry. So I would have carefully unwound the roots to try and make sure that they could head down rather than been trapped inside the ball. I'm sure I did that to a over-long-potted Euc I planted last year (which I got cheap from a closing down Euc specialist) and it has successfully established.
I really wouldn't cut the top off yet. You shouldn't do that to a Euc until it has had a chance to put its roots out. Give it a couple of years to become established it and then you can pollard or coppice it.