Howdy folks!
As suggested in post #49, this E. camaldulensis was just about due for a repot - the 6"x4" nursery pot had become full of fine feeder roots, and top growth had slowed to a crawl. What amazed me when this one came out of the pot was the fact that it had stopped sending tap roots straight down. Looks like the past few (6-8?) years, I might have been doing something right!
Pics 1 & 2 show the amount of root reduction I was able to achieve before hitting thicker roots. The root pad shown is about 150mm(6") by 25-30mm(~1") deep! The sifted soil virtually fell out from between the roots, and a gentle tease with my Stick Of Poking got the tree to this stage.
Pic 3 shows the chop mark on the pot which I have placed the tree into. It is supposedly a Japanese pot, but I probably wouldn't know the difference. I like it anyway, but it is not quite right for this tree. It is however a good size for this root mat.
Pic 4 shows the 'final' product! For the purposes of these photos, I have chosen to keep the foliage intact, but will remove it all now that the pics have been completed.
There are still styling issues to be addressed: placement of the trunk in the pot, branch wiring and/or removal (I'm not happy with the #1 branch, and believe that it may have to go) and general refinement of the foliage. But for now I am reasonably happy that one of my Eucs - my oldest and original - has finally made it into a 'real' pot. Now it's time to wait. More pics of the tree to come - maybe even in the Ask The Master section.
Thanks.
FlyBri.