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Originally Posted by Colin Lewis
Fast forward a few years to a nursery plant growing in pure peat-based compost, and you're potting it down. The roots are very fine indeed and they form a dense block that is impossible to comb out - right? That's the problem with peat as a long-term growing medium.
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Thanks for summing that up better than I could Colin.
Here's a follow up question - would it be prudent to start pines in a peat based mix as kingkong has done and let them grow unchecked for a year - and then remove the soil, do some root selection and correction and repot in a faster draining, larger particle mix for a better nebari development?
I ask as I have access to 75 JBP seedlings that someone else started in such a mix and have tons of fine roots as well as some beginnings to good nebari. I have begun to work them out of that soil in to a better soil mix for the long run. Too early to see results yet, just curious as to your opinion.
Good thread kingkong - you're a thinker for sure!