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Square Tree - Round Pot!
Join Date: May-2004
Location: Walsall U.K.
Country: United Kingdom
Posts: 2,477
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Cautions On Purchasing Collected Material
Just a cautionary tale.
Given the amount of "collected" material available on the internet
these days, I thought you might like to see this "road block" picture as an indication of "inbuilt life".
Some people have been known just to dig-up a tree - pot it and let the current seasons growth indicate that it is in growing health and established. This is not necessarily so !
The larger the tree - the more stored energy is held within its structure and any reputable dealer will keep lifted "yamadori" material for at least 2 seasons - before putting it on sale.
This then assures that fresh roots have been generated by the tree and it has truly "established" itself in its new pot bound environment.
The simple rule is "buyer beware" so unless you have collected it yourself, trust the source from previous experience or recommendation, then try at least to inspect the root ball (without major disturbance) and look for the signs of new root growth.
This particular "tree" (local to me) has been in position for about 18 months - and certainly has NO ROOT SYSTEM, yet look at all this springs growth.
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