Immediate aftercare for yamadori

I don’t understand why they would just automatically die, especially since you collected them in oklahoma. With the Japanese Maple only, I would have bare rooted it… used a hose to wash off all the field soil. My biggest piece of advice on immediate aftercare, based on my own mistakes in the past, is do not overwater the tress. Don’t let the soil dry out either, but newly collected trees don’t need much water. If they stay too wet for too long thats when all sorts of root rot issues can set in. I know i’ve had the desire to overwater collected trees before as if to baby them, and I realize now that is the opposite of what will help them. So keep them dry as you feel comfortable, keep in full shade, and protect from wind, and they should have a good shot.

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