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19-May-2006	#11
rockm bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Fairfax, Va Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 4,561	Persiano is also a spokesman for the product if I'm not mistaken. He is quoted in their promotional material. I'v used Roots and Roots 2 also, but stopped. It's not cheap and I didn't see much difference in repotting.

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19-May-2006

#12

davidryan820

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Just a thought-- but maybe your trees are ints (or is it ents?). Name on Treebeard!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alasdair

As those of us in the Uk know, it has been getting rather windy over the past few days.

I have an Acer platanoides (norway maple) of the shohin size. It isn't really anything specil, just a 10 year old 6 inch stick in pot. I love this little guy. I came home from work yesterday to find that he had decided to move. not just a few inches across the bench, but physically out of the pot and travel a good few metres down the garden! It seems the leaves had acted as sails, caught the wind and let my tree fly! My mame literati ash wasn't far behind.

So i spent half an hour yesterday with a big bundle of raffia tieing each of my tree's to their pots and their pots to the beench.

I've learned the lesson of securing your trees when repotting.

Al

19-May-2006	#13
Aaron_K bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Mar-2004 Country: England USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 2-3 Posts: 1,477	The wind has been really annoying these past few days. Yesterday my Sanga Kaku blew over sending all the clay soil pellets everywhere. Two wych elms were also lifted clean out of the soil and every time I go into the garden I have to stand a few larches back up. No damage, just a pain the backside. All the best, Aaron __________________ Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Muriel Strode Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores! "A fox may change its skin but never its character"

19-May-2006	#14
meushi bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: May-2006 Location: Trier Country: Germany USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 175	Earlier today, I was visiting a nursery when the wind started acting up... boy was it scary. Young trees taller than me were moving around or falling in the alleys Luckily my garden is quite protected, nothing had moved when I came back home. I still moved everything to the most sheltered place of the garden to be on the safe side.

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