Repotting big maple
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Walter Pall
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Gary McCarthy
Chumono
Can I ask what your soil mix is for maples. Thanks!
Walter Pall
Masterpiece
modern substrate: baked loam (turface), pumice, 20 % rough peat. Can be lots of other things -absolutely no soil, only rough substrate.
Johnathan
Omono
Nice! I like the color of it!
Cable
Omono
That tree is amazing
Manmountain526
Mame
Beautiful Tree Sir! Thank you for sharing
barrosinc
Masterpiece
I like this tree sooo much
pbrown00
Mame
Looks great! I don't have the guts to repot something like that in the summer though...
clem
Chumono
i love the cracked bark just above the nebari, so beautifull and old looking
Shun
Mame
massive tree! Very impressive
Jester217300
Shohin
He has the time to do it now so he did it now. He is able to provide proper aftercare so the tree will not suffer.
RobertB
Chumono
I think its just a little confusing when someone with as much global respect as him does something like this without warning others.
Maybe he is just showing how much of a bonsai ninja he is.
Maybe he is just showing how much of a bonsai ninja he is.
Walter Pall
Masterpiece
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clem
Chumono
Wha! i've seen this tree for real at Versailles in 2007 , it's getting better and better 
Love the nebari, the bark above the nebari and the slight inclination of the tree !
Love the nebari, the bark above the nebari and the slight inclination of the tree !
Walter Pall
Masterpiece
Why warn others. It is save. Do you think I am stupid? I got offers for this tree up to US$ 65,000 and turned them down. Do you really think that I would risk it frivolosly. There seems a lot you still have to learn.
Walter Pall
Masterpiece
He who can read has advantages. I did write that I cold do it any other time within the next two years. But I chose this time because it is a very good one.
barrosinc
Masterpiece
I makes you really wonder why people are so afraid of summer repotting.
It does have an excellent root system to start with, but nonetheless your experience makes me rethink it. I have not lost trees using winter repotting but if healthy and in need I will consider this.
Thanks for documenting so well.
It does have an excellent root system to start with, but nonetheless your experience makes me rethink it. I have not lost trees using winter repotting but if healthy and in need I will consider this.
Thanks for documenting so well.
The fact you can do it any other time of the year is a feature describing your skills. It is not a benefit strictly speaking. A good time to do something is a bit general description from a person who spent so much time to popularize his methods.
Is there any benefit for the tree to repot in August? Fast growth of roots = beter healing? Reducing the strenght of the tree?
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