Tobias

All,

I'm curious to know if you can visibly tell if roots have been damaged by cold when you are repotting? Will the roots be black as if they were rotted? Are white, healthy looking roots an indicator that the tree made it through the winter ok?

I repotted my Zelkova and Trident Maple today. I fully expect that they will not come back from my completely dumb dumb dumb (dumb) overwintering setup. dumb. anyway, upon repot the root look...well...like roots. not black. not falling to pieces. not stinky. is it inappropriate for me to muster up a bit of hope? (i repotted on the off chance that they pulled through) (the zelkova actually seems to have some swelling buds, but it may just be my imagination)

thanks in advance peoples. you rock.

toby

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