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With repotting time for my Elm fast approaching I thought I had a plan as this will be my first repot and for the most part I am comfortable enough with my plans and how to go about it but two things have thrown me.
First is the root bulge that you can see in the pictures, now I'm comfortable with the root trimming part but not too sure on the best way to handle the larger surface roots/nebari that have got pot bound and what would be best practice to encourage it along.
The surface roots had been covered with moss which I have just taken off and this is what I found underneath.
Any ideas the best way to approach this?
My plan is that the angle in the middle picture will be the new front of the tree so that will at least give the roots more sideways space if that makes sense.
I have a couple of slightly but not much larger pots to choose from and would ideally like the tree to sit a bit lower too.
Secondly I want to chop a fairly large part of the trunk where it splits, I'm OK with that much but the two things that I'm thinking is what would be the best angle to make that cut that will look ok with the taper as the trunk grows and secondly although not something I plan on rushing into it will leave a pretty big scar and is that something I can deal with somehow at a later date?
In the pics the red is where I want to chop and the black would be the new trunk.
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First is the root bulge that you can see in the pictures, now I'm comfortable with the root trimming part but not too sure on the best way to handle the larger surface roots/nebari that have got pot bound and what would be best practice to encourage it along.
The surface roots had been covered with moss which I have just taken off and this is what I found underneath.
Any ideas the best way to approach this?
My plan is that the angle in the middle picture will be the new front of the tree so that will at least give the roots more sideways space if that makes sense.
I have a couple of slightly but not much larger pots to choose from and would ideally like the tree to sit a bit lower too.
Secondly I want to chop a fairly large part of the trunk where it splits, I'm OK with that much but the two things that I'm thinking is what would be the best angle to make that cut that will look ok with the taper as the trunk grows and secondly although not something I plan on rushing into it will leave a pretty big scar and is that something I can deal with somehow at a later date?
In the pics the red is where I want to chop and the black would be the new trunk.
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