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Jacaranda tree help

6 years ago

my jacaranda is starting to lean. Should I get a piece of bamboo and straighten it out or just let it do its thing?

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Embothrium
6 years ago
How big is it? Is this a potted indoor specimen or one that is expected to grow into a full sized outdoor tree?
Gregory Jewett
Original Author
6 years ago
About 7ft now
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
6 years ago
the plant behind it is leaning also .. the same way .. and crikey if it doesnt look like the mailbox leans the other way ... what the heck is going on down there ... lol ...

unless of course... the house across the street isnt plumb ... which is what i am using to gauge ...

this didnt just happen .... your tree is already adjusting to the lean by growing upwards the other way ... if you straighten the trunk .. BY DIGGING IT OUT AND REPLANTING IT ... then it will probably tip the other way ...

i highly doubt you will straighten it by trying to bend it back with a stake ... and bamboo isnt going to do it ...

i vote for letting it do its own thing ... but then.. im lazy ... lol ...

ken

ps: was there any big storm the year you planted it????

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