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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • Thanks for the kind words!

    I mostly got lucky with the root placement in relation to it’s position on the rock, for what that’s worth. There are two pieces of wire that I used to strap the roots to the rock prior to it being planted. Those seemed to secure 3 (of the maybe 5) roots relatively solidly around the rock. After trimming off a few long roots, I tucked the rest down around and underneath the rock. Filling in the rest of the soil was straightforward.

    Prior to this planting I had it growing out in a kind of semi-cascade style. It was initially a small cutting propagated in water, transferred to a 4" nursery pot for about 8 months to establish initial structure, then transferred into a 2x deep 4" pot for the semi-cascade, and now the root over rock. Not a ton of root training on it besides making an initial root flare with the early repots. I definitely lucked out with how it joined up with that rock (that I found in the yard).

    Ask away if you have any questions! I could probably dig some pictures up, too if you really care.