I have been asked in the last posting about the reason, why I was washing so many original soil out, by potting the huge mugo yamadori.
I´m not really washing a lot of soil out. Just the surface and the outer circle. An advantage is, that roots earn a chance to habituate in the new, modern substrate. I do never wash a root-bale completely out, because the whole essential mykhorizza would be destroyed.
I´m as well looking forward to remove the old substrate more and more by years. If you don´t do it like this, you run into danger that some day the roots are gonna start to rot.
For a better comprehension:
On that area where I collect pines, I´m lucky to find trees with a very compact root system. The soil on that spot is a soft humus and it´s frequently humid. These trees are low on having tap roots! The ground is made up of stones and the surface is a humus level not higher than 25 cm!!! So, a spade, a saw and garden shears are quite enough to collect a tree.
PLEASE DON´T MISUNDERSTAND ME NOW! I´m absolutely not bragging about this, but some raised a question and I´m willing to clear this!
Here are some pic´s of such pines with flat root bales:
However, in the end it´s the tree who makes the decision if he´s willing to survive or not. With or without a good root bale ....
Hi Igor!
AntwortenLöschenI saw, that you collect pines in autumn. What is your experience? Which time is better, the autumn or the spring? At this time i collected only in spring. The two little pines is still in life. I like very much the Field Acers(?)(Acer Campestre), there was some specimen that died, but the remaining has survive. I heard many opinion, some says spring, some says autumn, some says it depends on the species of the tree. What do you think about it?
Balázs