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Originally posted by Craig Cowing
2) as Rob Kempinski pointed out on the IBC, he is also inaccurate in his statement about root pruning, saying that we cut off all but the youngest roots. That's nonsense.
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Yeah, that comment impressed me as particularly ignorant. It doesn't even bear thinking about, but let's consider for a moment that all of the new growth on roots is connected to old growth, just like the branches coming out of the top. If you cut away everything but the youngest growth, all you'd have left is a stick! It's like saying that all somebody eats is the hole out of a bagel. He holds a grudge against bonsai for something that any sensible person should be able to know can't happen.
Anyway, Craig, thanks for your well-thought-out comments.