First things first.
I put it into the colander yesterday.
I know Adair will tell me it doesnt need one.
They are my way of cheating a little on cutting back roots. No cutting instruments were deployed.
It will prune them back gradually so I don't have to shock it by making drastic cuts to them all at once.
Make sense?
I actually washed out maybe 2/3rds of the soil out. Leaving some at the center. Maybe more maybe less. It's actually sitting on some I hooked out before I took the hose to it.
Yes. A hose.
Never fear. It will be fine.
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It had just recently been up potted recently so it wasn't rootbound at all.
I didn't get any pictures of that process because I couldn't find my phone. It was buried under the pile of soil.
Now it gets to recuperate for a few months and then Vance and I will have a go at it.
I may root some cuttings of branches I know I won't need until then but I don't want to get crazy with it.