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I broke this Jacaratia the day I bought it. so I put the top in finer soil and covered it with a cut out plastic juice container.

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Luckily its coming back, hopefully I'll have two from this tragic accident.!!

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Mexican Palo Verde (Parkinsonia aculeata) The the taproot is SOOO long.
I don't know how I'll reduce its depth.
ANy help with some techniques to do so?

[quote=luigonz]The the taproot is SOOO long.
I don't know how I'll reduce its depth.
ANy help with some techniques to do so?[/quote]

If the plant has sufficient feeder roots then you can just chop the taproot off. It's only there to supply the plant with water from deep underground. If you supply that water then it doesn't need the taproot.

Thank you,
well, that seems simple enough

how long should it take for ample feeder roots to form?

the lady who lives here tells me Palo Verde don't like transplanting,
so I'm trying to be as delicate as possible.

Usually, she said, they leaf out after the monsoons which is in the next couple of weeks.

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you can see the dead wood towards the top.The smaller tree died.
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I plan on air layering below the reverse tapper. The brown part of the trunk is where it was buried before I dug it up.
You can see where I cut an upper branch after collecting it( maybe this casue the die back.

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I orginally had these tree in the soil around here mixed with 30% compost.
I am afraid they suffered from root-rot.
So I replaced the soil with 100 % gravel.
But I'm not sure how often to water this tree. It survives long, 3 month, droughts.

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the cutting died after about 3 weeks. I think it took the plastic covering off too early.

But in a lighter note, the tree sent up two trunks, the first 2 wks before the second. I trained the first around the stink in the picture.

I'm not sure what I should do design wise. I this I just want to keep folding the two trunks over themselves to ensue a stout shape.
More updated to come.

ANY desing suggestion are welcomed!!