Japonicus
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I have to recant that statement.
The Itoigawa is running semi healthy runners. More to go yet so I am feeling better about potting it down somewhat now.
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The Itoigawa is running semi healthy runners. More to go yet so I am feeling better about potting it down somewhat now.
MrFancyPlants
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Good advice all around. Thank you @Japonicus ! For whatever reason the water was soaking in a little better yesterday. Maybe I just rough up the surface and then wait for shoots to do a full repot as you suggest.
Japonicus
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Depends on the root health and the depth of that pot, possible soil issues down below surface.
Also depends on plans for the next pot like what pot and when.
Will you have a couple of other options if the rootwork can't fit desired pot?...but I was going to say if you had to postpone potting, you could use a round tent spike like nail with plastic hooked collar to plunge through the soil methodically but repeatedly to aerate the soil. Won't hurt to slip it out and run a root hook in a few spots to see what it says it needs. Could just be surface and shin breakdown of field soil congested and the rest ok or not. Look under the hood
MrFancyPlants
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I see buds just starting to move and we are past the last freeze. But, it did have some work done over the winter with the cut and style. I have a next pot picked out that is wider and shallower, at about the same volume? I do have a larger fallback pot if I want to give it some room to run.
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I opted for the conservative approach of breaking up the surface soil, scraping it off and drilling a few air holes around the perimeter with a very stiff piece of wire. I washed the surface too and let the water soak through a few times and covered lighly with long grain spaghnum and course aggregate (Erie sifted sand). Next year I may attack the Shin if it is doing well, but I think I improved the flow a good bit.. and, I’ll stick to chem fertilizer for a while. Weak orchid MSU(?) mix from @Leo in N E Illinois
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Some very strong shoots forming. I’ve been keeping it well watered in the heat. I was thinking I might do a late summer/early fall repot.. not like the winters get that cold around here. I am thinking to push some growth for a while and maybe try to thicken it up a bit.
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Kind a weird photo, but I was trying to capture some of the spikes/shoots emerging.
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This one is growing gangbusters this year. I think it might be the new climate/humidity.
Even my Yank-a-dori J. virginiana (below) is pumping out growth despite being yanked out of the rocks and landscaping cloth next to the sidewalk.
The Sargent Blau behind it is looking healthy after nearly giving up the ghost to cedar apple rust at our former residence
Even my Yank-a-dori J. virginiana (below) is pumping out growth despite being yanked out of the rocks and landscaping cloth next to the sidewalk.
The Sargent Blau behind it is looking healthy after nearly giving up the ghost to cedar apple rust at our former residence
