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I would like to discus your root over rock stile tree.
The main question that I have is, why are you trying to get this tree to expand its roots in a bonsai pot. It has been my experiance that when you place a tree into a bonsai container you basicly freeze it in time. Yes the bark will age and become coarse in a bonsai pot but the roots and nebari can not increase in size suficently to cling to a stone. Common practise is to plant the tree out with the roots wraped over the stone and then pot it when the roots have suficently grasped the stone. What are your thoughts about this. What was your reasoning behind the technique that you are using.......rips

22-Dec-2001	#3
ripsgreentree bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Sep-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: U.S.A USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,260	Re: Two tree's from me I would like to discus your root over rock stile tree. The main question that I have is, why are you trying to get this tree to expand its roots in a bonsai pot. It has been my experiance that when you place a tree into a bonsai container you basicly freeze it in time. Yes the bark will age and become coarse in a bonsai pot but the roots and nebari can not increase in size suficently to cling to a stone. Common practise is to plant the tree out with the roots wraped over the stone and then pot it when the roots have suficently grasped the stone. What are your thoughts about this. What was your reasoning behind the technique that you are using.......rips __________________ ripsgreentree It requires an open hand to give and to recieve.