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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: May-2008
Country: US
Posts: 4
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Mugo repotting
Hello All,
I've recently acquired an old Mugo pine from a local nursery. It came in a 1-gallon plastic container, where it was completely root-bound. After pulling the container off, I saw that the majority of the soil mass had extremely old roots, which probably weren't doing much besides anchoring down the tree.
SO, I cut off the majority of the root mas with a saw; about 3/4 of it. I placed the tree into a bonsai pot and it's been there for about three weeks. Some of the needles have started to show signs of yellowing, and some of needles on lower branches look a bit curly, but besides that, no other health problems are apparent.
My question is, given the extreme root-pruning I did, how long would a Mugo pine usually take to die? I'm wondering if I may be wasting my time with this tree, because the extreme root pruning may have killed it. Thank you
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