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Transplanted sweetbay magnolia partly dying

leslie_angsantoleslie_angsanto Posts: 2
edited May 2023 in Problem solving
I planted a young multi trunk sweetbay magnolia last late November or so but probably damaged a major root while doing so.  The biggest trunk got scorched (I think) when irrigation failed while I was away for a long holiday.  Some new growth are starting on the base of the trunk so I cut off most of the trunk and saw dark discoloration inside.  I wonder if it is root rot.  Question is until where should I cut off?I can still see discoloration inside the trunk.  

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  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    Was it bought as a multi trunk plant?
    It looks like a graft just below the grey label, and i'm wondering if the other 'trunks' are coming from below the graft? If it is grafted, the other 'trunks' need cut off at the point they join the rootstock.
    Sunny Dundee
  • leslie_angsantoleslie_angsanto Posts: 2
    Hi.  Yes it came as a multi trunk tree.
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    I can't give any advice in that case. It sure looks like a graft.
    Sunny Dundee
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    Just bumping the thread up in case someone can help you.
    Sunny Dundee
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