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The fear of "FOUR"
Not for me. I am not superstitious and do not subscribe to the myth. I just work with what I have and sometimes like it even more if it breaks some rules....
2013
This elm was on a raffle table. It was a lump of crap in a pot. My ticket was not the first drawn or even the fifth. Probably around the sixth or seventh drawn. This plant was on the table in a 7 gallon nursery container full of calidama from Ripsgreentree, Glenn Vanwinkle. I snatched the container for the soil alone. It weighed about 50 pounds.
Elms around here are a dime a dozen so the tree meant nothing for most folks...me included. The soil, that was worth the price of the raffle ticket....33 cents. 3 for a dollar.
In the spring of the next year I wanted to look at the roots. Boy was I in for a surprise! I hacked it out of the can since it had grown out of some of the holes and escaped a time or two. At this time, I made the exposed root cuttings. In hindsight I wished I had made better use of the massive entanglement of roots, most of which I threw away. Most of the work was done with the Japanese chicken cleaver.
The root cuttings. I made like eight of them.....I could have made a hundred....what a dope!
2014
The tree went into a cut down five gallon black nursery container. I live in a some real heat and do not subscribe to the other myth of trees not growing when the roots get over 90 degrees. I love black containers and trees grow all summer with proper hydration and soil mix. I have soil temps well over 125 degrees for hours and have had no ill effects. I have had water problems and the plants will die with in minutes...but that's different.
Not for me. I am not superstitious and do not subscribe to the myth. I just work with what I have and sometimes like it even more if it breaks some rules....
2013
This elm was on a raffle table. It was a lump of crap in a pot. My ticket was not the first drawn or even the fifth. Probably around the sixth or seventh drawn. This plant was on the table in a 7 gallon nursery container full of calidama from Ripsgreentree, Glenn Vanwinkle. I snatched the container for the soil alone. It weighed about 50 pounds.
Elms around here are a dime a dozen so the tree meant nothing for most folks...me included. The soil, that was worth the price of the raffle ticket....33 cents. 3 for a dollar.
In the spring of the next year I wanted to look at the roots. Boy was I in for a surprise! I hacked it out of the can since it had grown out of some of the holes and escaped a time or two. At this time, I made the exposed root cuttings. In hindsight I wished I had made better use of the massive entanglement of roots, most of which I threw away. Most of the work was done with the Japanese chicken cleaver.
The root cuttings. I made like eight of them.....I could have made a hundred....what a dope!
2014
The tree went into a cut down five gallon black nursery container. I live in a some real heat and do not subscribe to the other myth of trees not growing when the roots get over 90 degrees. I love black containers and trees grow all summer with proper hydration and soil mix. I have soil temps well over 125 degrees for hours and have had no ill effects. I have had water problems and the plants will die with in minutes...but that's different.
