"Steve Turner" wrote in message
About 5 weeks ago I asked a question about my eucalyptus trees that seemed
to be dying. Well they have recovered and had a bit of a growth spurt.
They
had been pot bound and I didn't plant them myself and we didn't know about
untangling the roots. I had read that you shouldn't stake them but having
read a previous post am wondering if I should have. They seem to be OK in
the wind that whips round.

I have no intention of letting them grow too big because I know they might
topple.

But I'm wondering if they are getting top heavy. The smaller one
especially
is bowing over. Should I trim it to lighten the load? Stake it? The larger
one looks like it might go the same way. They are both leaning to the
south
as if seeking the sun.

Photo at http://www.ilmiogiardino.co.uk/home/Eucs.jpg

A couple of points:
If they were root bound and the roots were curling in a corkscrew shape then
they probably won't too good long term anyway.

Don't stake them. Eucs need the top to whip around to give them good roots
and to get a good strong trunk. If you feel that you simply must stake them
(and that will be for your satisfaction not necessarily the trees), stake
them very low down (about ankle height), not up near the top.

That tall one, I would cut off directly above the lowest growth and I'd do
it now even though you are going into winter. Frost won't bother it.

Eucs are (generally) tough, I've seen them growing out of a crack in a
boulder and spreading the crack over years of observation. Don't cosset
them as here is Oz they grow in poor soil and survive and even if they look
dead they will often resprout from the lignotuber up to 2 years after you've
decided it's as dead as a Dodo.