Thanks so much for this video Eric! Much needed explanation. I am receiving 4 nursery conifers this summer in gallon pots: Pinyon, Scots, Ponderosa, and Mountain Hemlock. Because I am on rented property, my solution for the Pinyon was- remove from the pot into a 5 gallon nursery pot sunk into a raised bed, with the bed soil and as much pine bark as I could gather. This option seems to be a good idea because now my landlord wants to replace the raised beds, so I know it will cause minimal disturbance. I am at a higher elevation (6000 ft), on a windy ridge facing south in No. Colorado. I think this will work well for all my pines, any advice for the Hemlock, will this work also?
So weird, I was just looking around on your website and went on your channel to find this video posted "21 seconds ago" haha. Eric, I bought a 'Kishu' Anderson band pot starter from you last September and it was a very nice size and healthy. I kept it in its original liner pot through the winter in an unheated garage here in zone 6. This past March I repotted the kishu into a slightly bigger pot in similar soil...It's now July and it has not put on any growth that im aware of (pretty certain). It's still green(not as blueish), soft and flexible. No die-off or anything. Almost like it's at a standstill or is still dormant, very weird. Any ideas as to what it could be or tips what to do?
It's possible after root work that the tree is basically putting all it's energy into new root growth. I see it sometimes in the nursery. That said - as long as it's not staying soggy, keep it well watered. I assume you're fertilizing and hoping you live in a warm summer climate. Other than that it's hard to say.
@@Bonsaify Thanks for the reply Eric. I understand there could be a lot of different variables. That being said, I will continue on with keeping a close eye on it
I have a few pines that I have been nervous to do root work on because I don't want my learning experience with them to kill my trees. If I accidentally over do it with soil removal can I put the original soil back in the pot after cleaning to help reestablish the mycorrhizae colonies or does disturbing the soil destroy the colony?
Ah (google translate gave me "compostable" which is totally different.) I use a mix of perlite and coco coir. More details here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jaTZHXKPFeU.html
