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Sun, Jan 27, 08 at 16:59
| I have a juniper bonsai and i am looking to repot it. I am very new at this. I have only had one bonsai before, and that one died......anyways, i have some soil that i made up of 50% pine bark and 50% aquarium gravel. I want to repot because the soil that i received the bonsai in is very water retentive. The problem is that I don't think that the bonsai has grown enough roots. I am afraid that if I try to take it out the roots that it does have won't hold. I am also unsure of where the wires that hold the bonsai down are. I dug a little ways down, but I didn't see them. So, do I wait until the root system grows some more, or do I repot? |
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| If you want to change the soil, you'd be better off just to allow the tree (what is it?) more time between waterings at least until spring, then you'll know it's weathered its relocation upheaval, the season will make changes easier on the tree and you'll have had a chance to learn more about it all. You do need to carefully spoon out the soil though til roots are exposed and the wires (usually deeper in the pot) will show themselves. Are you sure there are wires holding it down - do you see them on the bottom of the pot? And if there aren't strong enough roots to warrant wires, then you'll need to make sure the pot is protected from anything but mild breezes til it grows more (you are talking about a tree living outdoors I presume?). |
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| It is a juniper, and it is going to be outside, but i don't quite understand about spooning out the soil. Are you talking about when I repot? I can see wires at the bottom that are going into the pot, but when I tried to dig down a little, I reached the roots before I saw any wires. -Jonathan |
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| What you reached are roots, but that doesn't mean there aren't more lower down, held by wires. |
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| Okay. However you didn't answer my question about spooning out the soil. When am I supposed to do that and what purpose does it serve? Thanks. -Jonathan |
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| I just meant get it out carefully if you're worried about wires and roots so you can see what's going on! |
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| all right. thank you. - Jonathan |
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