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Sweet gum

Posted by dewoski none (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 3, 11 at 21:40

I recently found some saplings in work yard
They are growing in crushed concrete! They are all over.
They don't have tap roots and some are about 2 ft tall and have a trunk of about an inch and more. My question, is sweet gum trees a good candidate for Bonsai?


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RE: Sweet gum

No idea, but if they are growing like mad and are free you might as well try since they would just end up being discarded.


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RE: Sweet gum

  • Posted by tapla z5b-6a mid-MI (My Page) on
    Fri, Nov 4, 11 at 13:49

Yes they are often used as bonsai, and make good ones. BTW - if these plants are volunteers, they DO have tap roots.

Al


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