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Originally Posted by rockm

Striking the trunk does indeed damage the cambium, which resticts the path of nutrients up and down the trunk--which produces the swelling as the plant has to make new pathways to do the job--scar tissue does not transfer moisture or nutrients. Strike too hard in the wrong place on the wrong tree and you will kill the trunk above where you hit it.

I see. So why is this particularily bad for conifers? Just curious

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Originally Posted by ElGringo

I see. So why is this particularily bad for conifers? Just curious

Because it destroyes the bark for one thing. Pines are soft wood trees but there bark is harder than that of the hard woods like Maples etc.

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Originally Posted by koku

As can obviously be seen, he was in for trouble soon. The mold was just on the potting mix, and though badly root-bound, they seemed to be healthy from the outside. I decided that I had better at least clean him up a bit, before I put him in the ground. I filled a bucket with water, to wash out the moldy soil...

This is perfectly normal appearance for the roots of a pine

Check the wiki on mycorrhizae

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rockm bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Fairfax, Va Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 4,561	"So why is this particularily bad for conifers?" Because conifers tend to be slower in growth--and therefore recovery from injury--than faster-growing deciduous species. A rule for growing conifers is "one insult at a time." Agressive treatment such as root pruning and top pruning at the same time, pruning down beyond all green growth, and trunk smashing can distress a pine more easily than such treatment does with a deciduous species.

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