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Vance, if some of my mugos are not ready for shoot pruning... I mean this season growth is quite good, but older needles...there's not enough of them.
...would it be good time for repotting instead of pruning? The thing is they were half bare root repotted last year. Can they stand it? Really no need to risk it, just curious.
 
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Soldano666 said:
Please update with pics sorcerer my dude
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If I wake up in time!
Been sifting 8822.
I made a lot of decisions in the dark and rain!
Dug in the rain!
Rain!
Moon!
Balls!

Pretty sure pics won't expose the trunkline much through for nubs....

But the ruler won't lie!

The trunk is wider than my hand...
Make a dog shadow...
That way!

If it doesn't make it I will weep!

But...
It was free and a Mugo!

Looooooks good!

Sorce
 
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petegreg said:
Vance, if some of my mugos are not ready for shoot pruning... I mean this season growth is quite good, but older needles...there's not enough of them.
...would it be good time for repotting instead of pruning? The thing is they were half bare root repotted last year. Can they stand it? Really no need to risk it, just curious.
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Define half bare rooted? If you did this and got away with it leave the trees alone this year.
 
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Note...
No canopy! ;)

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Mugos are like Brussel Sprouts, success with them depends on knowing what to do with them. You have harvested a good piece of raw material, give it a couple of years to establish itself in a new environment before you do anything other than what is necessary to keep it alive.
 
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Half bare rooted last spring/summer. To explain, some very little 1/6? portion of root mass was cut from the bottom, nebari cleaned, the soil from one half of remaining root ball was removed without washing the roots and replaced by well draining mix. The trees look fine, my Q. is whether we can do it year after year or better to wait longer.
 
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Mugos should go three years between repots at the most. If you mess with the roots after a process you just described you run the real risk of killing the tree if you do it too soon. Even if the tree looks like it is doing fine, producing a lot of new growth mess with the roots too soon they will turn on you like an old Chevy with a broken tie rod. Why did you bare root half of the remaining soil mass? I am trying to determine what sources you are listening to.
 
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