So I found a great mulberry stump that I want to collect come the winter. I also would like to get my Japanese maple out of its nursery pot when the time comes.
I see a lot of people beginning training from collected trees and nursery pots into cedar boxes. I understand that these boxes are pest resistant and they hold up to the watering for some time.
My question is, if I am a ceramist, and I can make my own training pots, is there a reason why I should still use cedar or some comparable wood? What (if any) benefits to the tree does a wood frame box offer that ceramic clay potentially doesn’t? Is it just a cheap alternative for those that don’t do ceramics so that they can make whatever size box they need? Or am I missing something?
Thanks!
I see a lot of people beginning training from collected trees and nursery pots into cedar boxes. I understand that these boxes are pest resistant and they hold up to the watering for some time.
My question is, if I am a ceramist, and I can make my own training pots, is there a reason why I should still use cedar or some comparable wood? What (if any) benefits to the tree does a wood frame box offer that ceramic clay potentially doesn’t? Is it just a cheap alternative for those that don’t do ceramics so that they can make whatever size box they need? Or am I missing something?
Thanks!