"beecrofter" wrote in message
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On Jun 21, 6:23 pm, pagan wrote:
Hello, my first post is about a Rowan tree i have acquired! It is a
young one, about half a metre of growth on it. I have the roots sitting
in a tub of water just now but i want to obviously put it in the ground.
The problem is that i havnt yet completed digging the turf up in my
garden and getting it ready for plants.

The ground under the turf is awful. We are in a steading conversion and
the people who built it put the turf on ground of stones mainly it
seems. So we need to get some more soil in.

How long can it last in this tub? Can i plant it into a pot for now?

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pagan

It will die if left in water because the roots need to exchange gasses
with the air to survive.

That is true but in some cases a tree can pump oxygen down for respiration.
So we think. I was hoping someone knew enough about this tree to tell us if
it pumps oxygen down. So do. Look at the trees in the swamps in Louisiana.
They pump the oxygen down. Called Aerenchyma - A large intercellular space
system extremely effective in water and swamp plants in pumping oxygen down
to the roots. [Page 211 Lyr and Hoffman 1967]


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Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Tree Biologist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.
Some people will buy products they do not understand and not buy books that
will give them understanding.