Repotting with a really dense sheen? What to do?

[evanjt]

Hello all,
I was wondering about what to do when repotting with a sheen that is so dense water doesn’t penetrate it, should you go in there and replace the soil while leaving the outside of the root ball intact. This question is not pointed specifically at azaleas but more in general I guess. I kind of wanted to know for trees in which we don’t fully bare root i.e. pines and most evergreen trees.
So I guess my main question is should you ever go into the sheen and remove the soil completely, as Akadama and/or Kanuma will eventually break down, to replace it on Azalea, Pines, Junipers and other evergreens species?
Thanks

 

[TN_Jim]

Hello all,
I was wondering about what to do when repotting with a sheen that is so dense water doesn’t penetrate it, should you go in there and replace the soil while leaving the outside of the root ball intact. This question is not pointed specifically at azaleas but more in general I guess. I kind of wanted to know for trees in which we don’t fully bare root i.e. pines and most evergreen trees.
So I guess my main question is should you ever go into the sheen and remove the soil completely, as Akadama and/or Kanuma will eventually break down, to replace it on Azalea, Pines, Junipers and other evergreens species?
Thanks

Sheen? What is it?

 

[Rodrigo]

Sheen? What is it?

The sheen is the part of the rootball directly underneath the trunk of the tree

 

[Mike Hennigan]

Sheen? What is it?

The portion of the root ball directly beneath the trunk base

 

[rockm]

Gotta say never heard "sheen" referring to a tree trunk before, but then I don't get out much.

 

[TN_Jim]

Nice, thanks.

 

[PiñonJ]

It’s a Japanese word, meaning ‘heart,’ but the transliteration is spelled ‘shin.’ If you have a lot of healthy roots around it, you can remove the central clay, just make sure the space gets filled with substrate. If there are no roots, it’s not really a shin. Having a good shin is a sign of health, at least in a conifer. Trees with flat root masses don’t have a shin.

 

[Mike Hennigan]

Gotta say never heard "sheen" referring to a tree trunk before, but then I don't get out much.

Not the trunk, the roots directly beneath the trunk. It’s a Japanese word used in Japanese bonsai. Think it is actually spelled shin, not totally sure.

 

[Bananaman]

Not the trunk, the roots directly beneath the trunk. It’s a Japanese word used in Japanese bonsai. Think it is actually spelled shin, not totally sure.

I thought that was the part of my leg right above my foot?

 

[milehigh_7]

Hello all,
a sheen
Thanks

You mean really clean glossy leaves? Shouldn't be a problem.

 

[milehigh_7]

*Whispers* "Ryan's videos" ...under his breath...

 

[rockm]

Not the trunk, the roots directly beneath the trunk. It’s a Japanese word used in Japanese bonsai. Think it is actually spelled shin, not totally sure.

Shin I have heard of...Sheen is an Irish surname...as is Charlie... I've not heard Shin applied to tree roots, though. I've run across it in "shin, gyo, so" the three concepts in Japanese design...not in specific reference to the area under the trunk of a tree though.

Anyway, dense "shin" (as RYAN puts it, confusing just about everyone not on Tier 3), is usually dealt with using the "wedge" technique, take a pie slice shaped wedge out of one side of the Shin one year, do the same at another location in the following year. This can help regenerate the tight root mass without overly traumatizing the tree all at once.

 

[Bananaman]

Oh Brother.....