jmuzzey

hmmmmm, that is interesting. i was always told never to completely leaf prune any tree while repotting, as it would put way to much stress on teh tree for it to handle at one time. i have always trimmed back some of the tree's leaves when i prune the roots, but never completely defoliated it. maybe someone with more experience can explain.

i also have been rereading some of my books lately, and i found an article that said if you look at the roots and they are white, but when you grab them, if you can slide the "covering" right off, where just a single "thin hair" remains, then you have root rot. well...... i took my tree out of the pot, and noticed all the roots were pencil lead thick, with fine hairs attatched, but you could strip them all very easily. so i trimmed the roots back to the stronger portions and hardened off type roots and set it back in the soil. i want to do everything i can to try to make sure this tree makes it. since pruning, i now am just going to leave the tree alone and let nature take its course.

i have always read that root rot looks like black mushy roots, but this article was the first i had seen with root rot being explained with having white roots. should i use a fungicide to treat it, or just leave it be?

jay