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Yep! All that sawing, drilling, stapling and impacting … it’s enough to ensure a good nights sleep!Great roots! I’m probably going to need a nap after reading all about all that activity.![]()
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Yep! All that sawing, drilling, stapling and impacting … it’s enough to ensure a good nights sleep!Great roots! I’m probably going to need a nap after reading all about all that activity.![]()
I made the mistake last year of having a bunch of Anderson flats up on 2x4s in a corner of my yard, above dirt. Roots bridged the gap easily and had to be cut off with a long saw. Many were big enough that I couldn't just pull the pots up. So yeah, a small air gap may not be enough to convince the roots to behave.Yes, similar to Anderson flats, but with a bit of an airspace under the pot due to the runners to help inhibit downward grow, yet still close enough to keep in moisture from the ground. I’ve used this design for really big boxes on benches (put in pumice over winter) and interested see how this design works out on the ground.
That’s for sure.!
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This is *exactly* how I did mine last year, with amazing resultsPositioning and tying down
Agreed!Awesome to know this from a really experienced hand!
Excellent practices are not meant to be kept private.
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Most of my trees started pushing .. 2? weeks ago. But we popped straight into 60F area. And of course, this week 24-28F nights. I brought my trees out of shelter this morning. Hope this was it.Gosh, most of our maples are just ready to push out a couple leaves due to the series of cold snaps we’ve had.
This is the one I was referring to.I’ll have to check out your video. Last one I watched was on recycling media. Nice job.
Yes. ALMOST more videos than treesYou are getting quite the collection of videos now.![]()
Good point! Im still a newbie, this being my first box, I can see how the roots could become tricky to separate once trees establish, didnt even cross my mind.Good job !
You'll see how it evolves in term of root growing
In my experience of using screens/fence, it was very very difficult to remove the rootball after 2 years of growth because the roots had become encrusted in the openings of the fence/screen. I had to tear down the fence in order to remove the rootball. It was very difficult & unpleasant to do ->
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So now i no longer staple screens/fence on the bottom of my woodboxes to enable an easier repotting.
On your boxes there are less wooden planks under the screen/fence than mine, so maybe the roots won't developp too much through the mesh of the fence (no backwater).
Did you have to tear down a wall to make that growbox?Built my first couple of training pots this week.Seems mine have less drainage than some other pots but maybe also less future repot woes.
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Yes, it was a sacrifice wall.Did you have to tear down a wall to make that growbox?