Is this new tree worth saving?

9 years ago

We bought a tree new last year and planted it in September. At the time I didn't realize that they had bamboo trying to straighten it. I spent last fall and this spring with a much larger bamboo rod trying to straighten it with some success.

My bigger concern is with the hard winter this tree and other new ones we planted all have some degree of dieback. A pin oak had a good section of lower branches all die (inside is brown) and this one had the top and many tips die. Even our japanese maple had some branches dieback. What I'm looking for is what should I do? Should I prune these back on this tree and cut off the section of branches on the pin oak and trim up the japanese maple? Should these be replaced?

Comments (4)

joeinmo 6b-7a
9 years ago
I think so, the tree will grow past all those dead branches
hairmetal4ever
9 years ago
What IS alive looks quite lush and robust. Keep it watered well, but not too much, and it should pull through.

Feel free to cut off the dead stuff, but leave every leaf on the tree so it can recover.
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hairmetal4ever
9 years ago
What IS alive looks quite lush and robust. Keep it watered well, but not too much, and it should pull through.

Feel free to cut off the dead stuff, but leave every leaf on the tree so it can recover.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
probably transplant shock on a huge transplant ..... and insufficient DEEP watering after planting ... winter can be a huge drought ... dont really know where youa re ....

see link for PROPER WATERING .. and insure such ...

dead stuff.. is dead stuff.. if can you figure out how to trim it back .. do so

most interiors are bare ... that doenst interest me in the least.. dont worry about it ...

if you are talking about the tree in the pic.. its way beyond bamboo rods.. and its not really off plumb ... when it trunk is a foot or two thick.. it will look straight ...

and if you are talking about some other tree .. then post a pic of that one ...

just trim off the JM dead stuff ..

ken

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