Japanese Pine

[lukefast]

Hello,

I have recently purchased 9 trees in total. 3 Japanese black pines, 3 J. red pines and 3 J. white pines. I have two other trees that i have been caring for. One is an indoor Schefflera and the other is a Japanese maple. These two are not important. The Pines that I have are seedlings. I thought I would try my hand at growing seedlings. They are all on there second year. (I was told by the guy I purchased from that he planted them last year). I received them and have planted them into pots. I have followed some instructions I found online on how to care for my pines. Anyway I planted them 2 weeks ago and I can already see new growth on them. In doing further research I have found that I should have removed the Taproot before planting. I did not remove this taproot. Is this a problem, and how can I fix this from here? I don't want to replant the trees because they are doing so well but I am not sure if this root is going to cause some problems. Please let me know.

Thanks,

Luke

 

[Adair M]

You can do it next spring. The important thing is to get them in loose, quick draining soil.

 

[lukefast]

Ok thank you. I will do it next spring. I have it in a mix 2 parts commercial soil mix, 1 part coarse sand and 1 part pearlite. This seems to be a quick draining soil. Let me know if you recommend something different.