RedPine

Another aspect I would like to add is most of us do root prune deciduous trees just before bud break. Awhile back a small group of us had been discussing the topic with Gary Marchal, he advised that he likes to wait until the trees have begun to leaf to let the roots(battery) release it's energy before root pruning, and with bald cypress he lets them go ahead and leaf out all the way. He stated he gets better growing trees waiting like this.


I gave the reply in my first post based on my prior knowledge just like this info shared by Rock and the learned tips stated above. From my point of view fall is long past this year, there seems no reason to wait until next fall to do this repotting. In spring you can bare root, comb the roots out radially and remove any roots you do not want, such as downward growing, crossing, malformed etc.. . Plus the advantage of placing the tree into clean quality soil. Doing this root work or a similar type of thing will get you a better tree compared to just slipping it in a box and waiting a few years before you get in there.

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