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It has often been said that you should place a freshly collected tree in the shade and withhold fertilizer for some time. I personally do not subscribe to this school of thought. I can not see withholding life giving sun or nutrients from a tree that is in great need of repair.
I have placed freshly collected pines in direct sunlight and started feeding from the minute they are potted. In fact if you count the fish emulsion solution that I often spray on the roots to prevent drying out, I actually start feeding before the tree is actually potted. To date I have had no ill effects and the trees seem to respond better than the others I tried using the "starve in darkness" method.
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While I have done many of the same things you speak of here, this is not information that should go without a PSA announcement. Even the promoters of the new diet pills or vitimins must place a disclaimer such as:
RESULTS NOT TYPICAL, THIS TREATMENT MAY RESULT IN DEATH UNLESS YOUR EXPERIENCED
If you were an
open heart surgeon, would your prescription for going home be : "no change in diet and you may return to work on Monday".
Do you actually think that your recipe would work for say someone in Arizona or me here in the Central Valley. If I spray fertilizer on freshly dug roots on a three hundred year old juniper like the two I collected two months ago and the 97 degree temps we had today, it's sayonara baby and there's no smiley face behind this sentance.
Location, location, location. Al