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1-May-2007	#1
drewhart bonsaiTALK Craftsman Join Date: Jun-2005 Location: cleveland, ohio Country: u.s. USDA Zone: 5B AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 94	collecting boxwood-toolate? there is this large boxwood with a four or five inch trunk that i am able to collect. it has been there forever. it has already started to sprout. its may 1st, is it too late to collect? could it survive.

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1-May-2007	#2
Moleque_san bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: May-2006 Location: Sacramento Country: United States USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 177	Summers coming in a few weeks if not a month so You may be ok as long as you dont damage the feeder roots and place it in a training pot rather then rootpruning and into a bonsai pot.

1-May-2007	#3
rockm bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Fairfax, Va Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 4,561	Shoudn't be a problem if you can get enough of the feeder roots. Big old boxwood, though, tend to have feeder roots a foot or more out from the trunk. I wouldn't collect it all at once this spring. I'd dig one side six inches out, backfill with bonsai soil and wait for next spring, say mid-April and dig the rest.

2-May-2007	#4
bonsainotwar Grower of potted sticks Join Date: Dec-2005 Location: NewMexico Country: USA USDA Zone: 6-7 AHS Heat Zone: 15 Posts: 307	I don't know about summer.I rescued one,that had been newly dug up,by an earthmover,fom a building that was being demolished.This building was about forty years old,and the boxwood was there when the place was built.It was dug up in August,and was planted in like a 50-gallon trashcan,to grow new roots.It died a few weeks later.

2-May-2007	#5
Vonsgardens Professional Amateur Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: Arkansas Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: Hot Posts: 2,639	We have dug old landscape boxwoods (up to 40 years on site) over the summer a number of times- as late as mid july. We reduce foliage down 80-90%. Out of the 75 or so we have done, we have never lost (100% success) any that were reduced, dug and then "heeled in" to mulch or placed in really large nursery containers (up to 30 gallon or so) with primarily bark mulch as filler around the roots, and then placed in a predominately shady area until late fall. The plants are then reduced enough to pllace in a reasonable grow box and then protected for winter. This strategy works for boxwoods and some hollys. Have tried it with tridents, some chinese elms and japanese maples with very limited success. John __________________ "Wiring is simple; However, it is not easy to do it right" Boon

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