|
bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
Join Date: Sep-2004
Location: Bartlesville OK
Country: USA
Posts: 850
|
As an experiment, I am growing one in the ground, two in terra cotta pots, and one in a big black bucket. The two in terra cotta are placed in full to partial sun, as is the one in the ground. The big one in the bucket is currently on the patio in shade.
I water these as rarely as I can. Some pinions live on less than 12 inches of rain a year.
On the bushiest ones, I removed half of the foliage.
THe tree that is in the ground had little to no feeder roots. It was growing on a gravelly cliff, and moved easily when I tilted it. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake. It wasn't. Its roots shot back into the cliff and snaked their way underneath shelves of rock. Once those were removed, the roots kept going. By now, I had done enough that I had to decide to take it or leave it there to suffer from my hastiness. So, probably against better judgement, I cut it loose, wrapped it in a trash bag, and watered the roots. It was basically bare-rooted. Note to self? Never do that again, you silly snigget.
These were all collected on February 24th. So far, so good. We'll see.
|