u/sunfireDESTRUCTION

I've got a Princeton Gold Maple that has been planted for 3 years and is not flourishing. It looks stressed and hasn't grown at all. I did some investigation today to see if by chance it was planted in a pail and I was able to rule that out. The only thing I could think of was maybe it was planted too low. I had planted it so the graft was two to three inches above the soil, but figured I'd try something to coax it along. Was I too aggressive in exposing the root flare? I left it by dumping 10 gallons of water on it