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11Oct2007
Root Pruning And Why – Part Two
The two worst scenarios you are likely to encounter in dealing with nursery trees are the mud ball core and layered concentric roots. Both conditions are caused by the way trees are handled in the nursery trade. The first, the mud ball core, is the result of a tree being marketed as a balled in burlap item. These trees are grown in a heavy soil with high clay content. For the most part this is
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Root Pruning and Why
Probably the most misunderstood practice in bonsai is the art of Root Pruning. When I first started growing bonsai, root pruning was not a subject often breached by gardeners as a common practice for growing anything. It was kind of a magic bullet used in bonsai culture to keep a tree small. When someone's association with growing things has been limited to the simple practice of putting plants
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