If we repot we do some root work and that is all. If we trim for ramification it replaces the repot. Same applies for us when it comes to air layers and grafts. repot, no other work. no repot and one type of work for the following season or seasons. We call it "One sin at a time". You CAN do more but your specimens will not do as well as they could have.
Grimmy
I acquired the brunt of my material this past year and most were still in the nursery mix so I had to get them out. Here is a list of what I did:
(1) Acer Rubrum Shohin project that I removed the native soil from after spending a year in a pot.
(9) Shimps, 3 year old plants that were in the tiny little pots that nurseries use to plant in after the cuttings take.(LONG TERM PROJECT)
(2) Procumbens 5 gallon nursery plants
(1) Parsons that should be a fairly nice shohin in about 5 years.
(1) Shohin green JM that was rootbound that needed to be repotted(I slip potted in in the summer after almost loosing it),
(3) Fashion azaleas in 10 gallon nursery pot
(1) Korean boxwood 10 gal in nursery pot
(1) JM "Glowing Embers" AKA slingshot that was RIDICULOUSLY root bound in the 10 gallon nursery pot( I am using this one for cuttings and air layers)
(1)Shohin azalea that was potted in crappy oil dry mix( not the DE stuff) that completely broke down in six months. I would not recommend using oil dry in my climate unless it is the DE type.
For the most part all I will be doing is watering, fertilizing, and watching them grow this year.
Thanks for the input
. I to am almost done with my repots (just Ginkos left). One question...do you discard you're old soil? Or, try to recycle it in a grow bed or (for me) a vegetable garden. I don't recall anyone bringing this up (I haven't researched it)...but it seems that if the tree was healthy...there shouldn't be anything wrong with it, other than broken down.
