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Is there any easier way to repot and work with giant containers?
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Posted by huttnem z9CA (My Page) on Fri, Jul 3, 09 at 15:50
| What I dread about planting in containers is the repot process. I grow some roses in 28" pots and they are very heavy to move and/or place on their sides. Has found a method that makes this process easier or that minimizes heavy lifting or moving? Thank you in advance, Marlene |
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| I only have 3 big pots, but I find a hand truck with a long deck helps a lot, especially the one that I move upstairs to the deck. |
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Thanks for your input.
So I am assuming no one has tried (or would want to try) this goofy method I was thinking about: Instead of lifting/turning pot on its side, cut out plant with sharp tool or chain saw. Scoop out rest of soil. Fill pot with gritty mix. Still not easy but no heavy lifting involved... |
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| I have 28" italian clay pots with citrus trees in them and have to tip them on their sides to get the plants out. As far as Al's gritty mix with roses, I do not use it for them because it drains too fast. I just use a good commercial potting mix on my large potted roses, otherwise they dry out too fast. Just my experience . . . |
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| I can't help with your re-potting, but I can tell you that using a chainsaw in dirt will ruin the chain at the very least. You probably could use hedge clippers to trim the roots as in this bonsai website example... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Root trimming
RE: Is there any easier way to repot and work with giant containe
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| The very large containers need to be carefully chosen, that the top is larger than the bottom and the sides are straight to prevent the plant roots from locking them selves into the container. With this shape it is possible to insert a machete along the sides after turning the pot on its side, and after considerable effort slide the whole plant from the pot. Not easy but better than cutting up the roots in the pot. Al |
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- Posted by tapla z5b-6a MI (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 5, 09 at 11:26
| The fissured, flaking bark on very old bonsai trees is precious to the illusion or the confirmation of great age in the tree. It is very difficult to repot 4-hand (large trees that take 4 hands [2 people] to move about) bonsai w/o using the base of the trunk or the lower branches as a handle or a place to grip the tree as you work. Often, we hang these large trees by a rope attached to the upper branches so we can work on them w/o even touching the valued old bark. While you don't need to take such extreme measures to guard against knocking a few pieces of bark from the tree, you CAN employ the hanging method. Cut back the bush, hang the rose from the base at a comfortable ht to work on, use a saw to remove the bottom 1/3 - 1/2 of the roots & then bare-root/repot into (very often) the same container it came from. Al |
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| Wow! Thank you all so much. Those are great suggestions and I appreciate them very much. |
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