JD_Wolfe

Thank you Aldevaux and thanks again Tom. I will do all that has been recommended by you both. I knew it was going to be real challenge to grow palmatums in my environment and chose to try it with considerable trepidation, but here we are, so I'll do my very best to make it work.

I just wanted to clarify one or two things:

Tom: You've suggested that I take the root ball, as is, soil more or less intact and place the tree into a larger, fast draining pot with larger grained drainage grit lining the bottom and surrounding the existing roots and soil. Is that correct?

Do you still recommend teasing the roots apart slightly, and lightly fertilizing with 0-10-10 in light of this pseudo-re-potting?

Aldevaux: I live in an apartment with limited options for shelter and sun. Overwintering is the biggest challenge by far. To this end, I have built a lath cage which I plan to seal up in polythene and then port a hole at the top and bottom to run pvc tubing to my window. This is the Thermo-syphon idea discussed elsewhere on the forums. If this doesn't work, then it's going to my folks garage (which means I'll be visiting them a lot more often than usual...oh well...it's a free meal).

Thanks once again to everyone who has offered their assistance.


JD Wolfe