maverickheath
Mame
Do I need to trimm the roots still if I'm putting my trees in bigger pots when I repot them ?
root trimming
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M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Not this time of year. You shouldn't be repotting now.
Unless you are just slip potting. Then you just lift the existing roots,dirt and all,put in a bigger pot and fill around it.
I wouldn't even do that.
Unless you are just slip potting. Then you just lift the existing roots,dirt and all,put in a bigger pot and fill around it.
I wouldn't even do that.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
It's very health dependant.
From the looks of the soil and stories and such.....I'd go SAFE.
Generally....your want to take a bit more off of heavy roots, to keep them in proportion, and every time you have a tree out, especially in the beginning, you should work on root placement, and getting a good start to your surface roots.
However, I would be easy this year.
One thing Walter Pall says is, people take too many roots off too fast.
It does slow em down.
Remember to take pics at repot if possible, maybe grab a helper, it really is good practice to have pics of that which you can not look at for a year, but still have to be aware of!
Sorce
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
And seasonal.
maverickheath
Mame
I'm not doing it now I'm doing it in spring
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Don't need to cut the roots in the spring if you are upping pot sizes.
Especially if you plan on growing something out.
Especially if you plan on growing something out.
Cypress187
Masterpiece
IF you repot you should allways check the roots.
Dav4
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Actually, I would say that you need to take advantage of every re-pot to improve the rootage, even if the tree is still in the grow out stage. Cutting back heavy surface roots and removing downward growing roots early on is essential to developing a balanced, ramified nebari. Don't wait until the trunk is done growing to work the roots...you'll be sorry.
0soyoung
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0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
Belated thought:
With a tree in development, I would (as @Dav4 urges) also trim those loosened roots back to the surface of the root ball. The soil added around the original ball will insulate the new root growth to a certain extent, even though the roots won't be quite as cold hardy if you were to do this at this time of the year.
