Nice Hefty sweetgum tree. Just repotted it into the very lovely Richard Robertson pot. The underside just still full of gunky field soil which had to be washed out and the remains of the old tap root. It must have take 1.5 to 2 hours just to get rid of the tap root. (Note, make sure you have a nice LARGE pair of root pruners. When you need them, nothing else will do).
I think I will rotate it a bit more in the future. I know it looks like the base has some reverse taper, the that is an illusion of the photo. The crown is WAY too full and needs to be trimmed. This year it gets a lot of pruing and maybe some wire.
This is the first sweetgum I have ever worked on. I noticed a very pungent and odd smell while cutting the roots. It also oozed and secreted fluid as it was cut. Anybody else experience this? The smell was not altogether unpleasant, but odd none the less.
The fall color of this is outstanding.
