Hi again everyone. I have 2 questions so rather then
put them in 2 seperate posts i thought id just put
them in one.
I live in NY, NY the weather here hasn't been above 65
or so for more then 1 day so far this spring. We have
had an incredibly cold wet spring this year. Our
average daytime temp for the past week would be about
58 degrees. Usually we are in the mid 70's this time
of year. Most of my trees haven't gotten enough light
due to the incredibly rainy season we have had so far.
"we set a record here yesterday for rainfall in one
day which hasn't been broken since 1819". And havn't
seen the sun for about a week, "today we had half a
day of sun". Anyway enough about the weather.
Well, even a cloudy day gives a plant the light it needs, so I
woldn't worry about that.
Can't help with the borers
Second question. I had a busy spring and haven't
finished all my repotting yet. I have a old
kingsville which i got early last year as stock. Not
yet trained. I was going to train and repot this year
but since its late in the season im not sure if i
should do either this year. The soil is not what i
would like it to be its to dense IMO and im worried
about root rot. The root ball is pretty tight the pot
is about 6 inches deep i was hoping to take at least 1
inch off it in the repotting. Due to my abnormally
cold wet spring would it be ok to repot this late? I
have noticed new growth starting to come out but it
has definitely not yet matured.
If you carefully washed off the soil from the roots, then
repotted in bonsai soil, using a chopstick to ensure that soil
goes everywhere between the roots, but took off very little
healthy root, you probably will be OK. Remove any rotted root,
of course. And cutting at the top won't hurt the tree.
Jim Lewis -
- Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden
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