Another tidbit is 2 of my 3 Amer fringetrees that were killed to the ground this past winter both have numerous 6'+ sprouts out of the bases. Don't expect that w/otherwise slow-growing species.

Sounds like the conditions were excellent for growth this year in your area, beng!

I have had stellar growth on established plants down here as well. One of my sugar maple cultivars 'Sandersville' aka Harvest Moon is flushing new growth again :)

j0nd03, yeah, after some late July rain, my 25' burr oak started a third flush on the most vigorous branches, but they ended up only an inch or so growth.

Really fast trees like honeylocust, chinese elm, dawn redwood, japanese larch & weeping willow pretty much continue growing all season unless it's dry -- at least when they're relatively young.

Looks like near or record corn/soybean harvests in the US.

I too have found Gymnocladus to be very sensitive to moving. I have one that has been acting like it will barely pull through since I moved it _last fall_. Maybe next year it will finally "simmuh down nawh" as they used to say in that SNL skit.

it really doesnt surprise me.. if the old tree was not cut down.. and treated with a stump killer ...

the key ... is the weedy area.. was not mown.. giving the root system time to regenerate ...

many conifers.. will not do this.. as they dont have the dormant buds... or genetics to sprout from roots ...

but trees in general ... do this often ... given the predisposition ...

one might also surmise... your tree didnt die from a root issue ... well .. i mean.. the roots may have suffered and couldnt support the larger above... but they didnt die first.. is what i mean ...

you ever know what you want to say.. and just cant get into the typed word.. lol ...

ken

Just to update -- another sprout just appeared a couple feet away from the first. Prb'ly too late for it to harden off, but indicates the roots are quite alive.

For info, I've transplanted other "tap-root" species & had success, if done while small -- shellbark hickory, white oak, thirteen baldcypresses, and Table Mnt pine. Only the KCT suffered badly, but now seems to have survived.