Dodgy roots on young stock

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Dwarf trees need to have a STAKE for their entire life as they are not self supporting.

 

True - but at 3m tall with a 10cm diameter it sounds more like MM106 than M27, 9 or 26, in which case it would be OK unstaked.

 

Wind effects can be funny - it's a bit like the way the trees in the middle of a wood all blow over if the edge goes. If you had a gust from an odd direction, or a bit of eddying around that could be all it takes to set it off. We had a load fall over in '87 which would probably have survived if the wind had been from the NE like normal. If it's making reasonable growth I would say it will get away OK. At 2-3m tall, I would also consider heading it back, but if it's not struggling I would leave the top alone other than normal pruning for a couple of years to encourage rooting, then take the top out to give it a bit more stability, but that depends on the shape of course (guessing a bit without photos). Trees on MM106 or equivalent can comfortably be kept to 'picking from the ground' height.

 

Alec

[Lee Winger]

Staked sorry

[kev7937]

Staked sorry

 

I Should have worked it out tbh.

 

Having a thick day