Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
I sometimes see advice to leave roots long and that new roots will grow along the length of the pruned root.
This is NOT what I have seen. I always prune roots as short as possible because I noticed that the vast majority of new roots grow from the exposed end of cut roots.
Here are some photos of Japanese maples I dug out of the grow beds.
I think you should be able to clearly see how lots of new, smaller roots have grown from where the ends where roots were cut last year.
Just in case - the blue lines on this one show approx location of the cuts made last winter.
I have now cut all the roots on these back as shown in the final picture, first row before they go back in the grow beds or into pots for sale.
This is NOT what I have seen. I always prune roots as short as possible because I noticed that the vast majority of new roots grow from the exposed end of cut roots.
Here are some photos of Japanese maples I dug out of the grow beds.
I think you should be able to clearly see how lots of new, smaller roots have grown from where the ends where roots were cut last year.
Just in case - the blue lines on this one show approx location of the cuts made last winter.
I have now cut all the roots on these back as shown in the final picture, first row before they go back in the grow beds or into pots for sale.