ahhh work! That seems to be a real buz kill in my life too. Al I want is a ten more years. That will give me at least five to work on trees in retirement then after that I will probably be so sick of bonsai I will just run them thru the chipper!
Yikes!......and I thought roots were the easy part....the tree did all the work.
Scott, on the way to the airport, I listened to an amazing podcast on Radiolab. Part of NPR. It was titled something like "From tree to shining tree". And it's all about how michorazzae benefits the forest. You ought to listen to it. Really got me thinking!
I just spent a couple days at a tree conference here in NM, and one of the arborists who spoke was talking about a forest being one. That the trees support each other throughout life and that's why forest trees live longer then urban trees. The urban trees have no friend trees to talk to. He recommended planting trees in groups in the urban forest, and he also spoke A LOT about mycorrizae and how trees use it along with gas exchange to communicate warnings to each other.
Indeed. So, that's what the radiolab podcast was about. It got me thinking that we need to make sure our soils promote the right conditions for mychorazzae.
Just sprinkled Clearys on some of my conifers...
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Not if noone heard it.
That tree has had no root grafts. Ever.
Ok, I'll look for it.
