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Vance, do you have photos documenting your process? I am certain it would be more illuminating to those who have had trouble in the past with nursery stock. I remember at an earlier Intensive, Boon producing a Blue Atlas cedar that was in a nursery pot of perhaps 20 gallons or more. When he sawed the bottom half of the extremely pot bound rootball off, the interior looked like a sawed tree trunk, the clay was so hard! I have photos of it somewhere at home, but with the move, it may be a while before I can post them.

And are you speaking mostly about conifers? Stefan was posting a deciduous tree, which will be handled differently. Many deciduous trees can be bare-rooted and root pruned right out of the nursery container, as I am sure you know.

15-Aug-2005	#20
bonsaikc Registered FedEx Sender Join Date: Jan-2004 Location: Ottawa, KS Country: USA USDA Zone: 5-6 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 1,730	Vance, do you have photos documenting your process? I am certain it would be more illuminating to those who have had trouble in the past with nursery stock. I remember at an earlier Intensive, Boon producing a Blue Atlas cedar that was in a nursery pot of perhaps 20 gallons or more. When he sawed the bottom half of the extremely pot bound rootball off, the interior looked like a sawed tree trunk, the clay was so hard! I have photos of it somewhere at home, but with the move, it may be a while before I can post them. And are you speaking mostly about conifers? Stefan was posting a deciduous tree, which will be handled differently. Many deciduous trees can be bare-rooted and root pruned right out of the nursery container, as I am sure you know. __________________ Sashi-no-eda.blogspot.com