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Green Swamp Bonsai
Join Date: Aug-2003
Location: polk city, fl. USA
Country: usa
Posts: 114
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Clay Pots And Roots?
Hello,
A question: Why did these roots grow like this?
This is a little slash pine (Pinus elliottii) I've had in this clay flower pot for two years. ( I know, it'll never be a bonsai)
When I pulled it out of the pot to repot, I found these roots. Strong healthy growth at the bottom of the pot. When I unrolled the things, they were nearly three feet long.
The question is, what made them grow so strongly at the bottom of the clay pot? Does the bottom stay wetter longer? Drier? Did the nutrients concentrate there? More air near the drain hole? Or was it because virtually all these roots came off the end of the chop on the tap root and were just being taproots trying to go deep?
If I know why, I can try to create these conditions in more of the pot and get better root growth throughout.
Thanks for any insight,
Jay Wilson
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