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Tue, Mar 11, 08 at 18:51
| After almost 6 months one berry from my Fukien Tea out of about seven has succeeded in growing. Is it wise with a fukien tea berry to cut a small portion of the main (tap) root when its reached a couple of inches in height when transferring to a separate pot.
I read that this encourages strong radial roots. Also any tips of the caring of fukien teas from scratch, that differs from the norm of growing bonsai seeds would be great. Jimmy |
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| If the taproot is not hugely inconvenient, I wouldn't necessarily cut it all off, especially if that's where most of the new feeder roots are growing from. What I would do is cut part of it now, and maybe the rest next time you repot. It's just safer. Don't be TOO careful though, at least 1/3 or so can be taken, if not 1/2, because you need to encourage roots to grow from above in a wider area. Teas like high humidity (but from a wide tray of stones, or room machine rather than spraying), very high light (i.e. full spectrum fluorescents 5-6 Inches above it for 15 hours a day, and if your mix does have a lot of grit in it for fast drainage (a good thing), water when no more than the top 1/4" has dried, but not if you're trying to grow it in potting soil full of peat that never dries (at the roots anyhow) and can rot roots, though the tree will suffer as it should be in bonsai soil so it can be kept moist (NOT 'wet') throughout. |
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