Interesting response growth.

[oldoakman]

I have seen prolific adventitious roots before but none quite like this and none creating such an efficient bridge graft.

 

[DSMc]

Very nice! It normally requires a protective shield of some sort to cover the damaged area allowing roots to form. The old bark maybe?

 

[JD3000]

Yeah, I've found them growing into soft rotted trunk wood before too.

Very cool tree.

 

[JeffGu]

...growing into soft rotted trunk wood...

I was weed whacking at a property we own in a nearby town, and there are a couple of old Siberian Elm stumps from removals done about 15 years ago, or so. One of them has finally started rotting away, and I knocked a big chunk of it loose with the gas trimmer. When I went to toss it aside, there were (now dead) adventitious roots in the soft, rotted wood about three inches into the stump. A few fairly decent sized ones about six inches up from the soil on the outside, too. I hadn't seen that, before... they look to have formed at least ten years ago... the tree had been topped and about 20' of the trunk left standing before the removal was finished a few years later. The neighbor, who's lived next door for about ten years (it was his mother's house, so he'd been around there for 40 years or more) told me the spar they left had started growing back, so they eventually cut the rest of it down.

It was rather strange looking. But, not as strange looking as that tree in @oldoakman's pic.

 

[guymayor]

Beautiful! Support not needed really. Aerial rooting.

 

[ATH]

Very nice! It normally requires a protective shield of some sort to cover the damaged area allowing roots to form. The old bark maybe?

I was going to ask if he had to pull bark off to find those...

 

[guymayor]

On a cherry i suppose the bark would flake off quite readily. In dry places it might need more protection than in moist regions.

 

[oldoakman]

I was called to the area on another issue and when I arrived the homeowner was waiting to show me this. She was afraid she would.have to remove e the tree. I told her all was OK and that I had never seen such a prolific adventitious rooting. She was relieved and happy.

 

[rugger01]

That is too funny. I literally just had the same thing happen to me last week. Customer is very attached to the cherry and was asking me about the roots. I was a bit cautious as I had never seen anything like it before. What is your management plan? Just monitor?

 

[guymayor]

Mgt Plan:
1. Find the Flare! Move away the mulch.
2. Cautiously peel away bark to find ends of roots.
3. Tuck ends of roots into medium (dead wood or soil).
4. Search "air layering" and maybe wrap roots to foster growth. This works on ficus etc. in the tropics.