"Jim Lewis" wrote in message
news:001201c30750$8c9ec7a0$49112cc7@pavilion...
I dug a fairly large hawthorn (5 m tall and 15 cm diameter)
today from a
neighbor's yard (it got cut back to a meter). However, the
roots are
terrible. How well does hawthorn sprout new roots from large
cut-off roots
when transplanted? Does anyone have experience with inarch
grafting of
seedlings to create new rootage?


All the haws I have experience with are among the most difficult
to transplant. I've never managed one even close to that size.

Strange. I seem to remember Tony (Tickle) writing about hawthorns being
easily transplanted. Even if all the major roots have been cut off. As
long as some tiny roots are preserved. I trusted his advice and
collected a hawthorn this spring. Not even remotely as large as the one
Mary collected, but I cut off almost all the roots (some also by mistake
). The buds are (already) swelling, so I'm not too worried at the
moment.