Roots correction on pyracantha

The roots on this small pyracantha were ridiculous, so here's what happened.

I like the tree in the first picture but, then again, I much prefer the end result

well done

Cool progression! I'm guessing those roots will develop very nicely. Thanks for sharing.

i am trying something similar, but was curious about your method if you dont mind explaining a bit about what you did,,,

Hi Kevin...It was just a basic layer. Top cut where I wanted the new roots to form and scraped off the cambium down to the bottom cut. The collar is the top of a blown plastic container (easy to cut) cut down the side then wiring together after placing around the trunk. I used smallish pumice mixed with milled sphagnum with live sphagnum on top. Since the plant was also in pumice it was almost impossible to over-water and the roots as you see grow out from the cut forming a nice beginning of a nebari rather than all bunched up as happens with using moss in a plastic bag. After the roots went from tender white to stronger light brown I began to feed lightly with a weak liquid fertilizer mix. I cut off the old roots after about 3 months and it's been growing well since then except when I used turface one year and almost lost it. Soon it's going into a cream colored shallow pot from Bonsai Vision.
Hope this helps. What will you be doing this on?

i have already done it on a group of dawn redwoods who trunks i am attempting to fuse...

i wasnt looking to lose any lower roots, so i didnt do any scrapping... just a collar at soil level filled with sphagnum...
figured while the trunks are fusing, i can try to encourage some base/surface roots to build up.

so not really the same goal as you (yet) , but was still curious of your method.

thanks bruce !

Seems like surface roots would connect better through an open media rather than moss. Sounds interesting. Be sure and show us.

mayhaps you are correct, bruce...

i have just always heard that sphagnum encourages surface roots and roots in general...

but i will be posting pics when the spring rush winds down