I've gotten to the point where when I go to dig up a pine I grab others in order to keep up my survival rate. This one was the decoy. The other one I collected was the one I wanted.
I'm fine with trees giving up the ghost. I don't collect practice trees either. I collect trees now that can be a decent bonsai. If they survive,great. If not,there is another growing somewhere waiting for me to have at it.
I wonder...
If a jack pine spent it's entire existence, from day one, in a pot... would they be less fickle about root work?
Is it the collecting process that kills them? Or getting the old dirt out of the roots later on?
a real cock tease