Let’s start with the Dawn Redwood. Bill Valavanis @made me an offer I couldn’t refuse” last December at the Winter Silohette Show. See the broken pot? He told me that’s what my knees would look like if I didn’t take it!
I repotted it about two weeks ago.
Before:
This one was so “Redneck” it wasn’t even held together with proper duct tape!
After:
So, this forest was created about 12 years ago, and kept by one of Bill’s customers. Unfortunately, they allowed the tops to become knobly, which is hard to fix. I may end up having to chop out all the apexes and start it over. But, first, I’m going to let it settle into it’s unbroken pot. There was about two inches of solid matted roots with no soil on top of the broken pot.
Today:
it’s leafing out all over, even after I removed about 90% of its roots:
In about 2000 years, I expect it will look like this:
I repotted it about two weeks ago.
Before:
This one was so “Redneck” it wasn’t even held together with proper duct tape!
After:
So, this forest was created about 12 years ago, and kept by one of Bill’s customers. Unfortunately, they allowed the tops to become knobly, which is hard to fix. I may end up having to chop out all the apexes and start it over. But, first, I’m going to let it settle into it’s unbroken pot. There was about two inches of solid matted roots with no soil on top of the broken pot.
Today:
it’s leafing out all over, even after I removed about 90% of its roots:
In about 2000 years, I expect it will look like this: