In a message dated 6/15/03 10:50:24 AM, ManFont writes:
Buttonwoods often have very few main root connections and sometimes only
one to the living tissue in a specimen with a lot of deadwood.

That's what Mary Madison warned me, so I watched for it & made sure I had it
in the soil when I repotted.

Pot it in the new pot now, in the next few days,*since it is already
stressed.

I don't have a single literati pot at all. I will leave it cockeyed until
next summer. Meanwhile I will be on the lookout for a suitable pot. We are going
to a workshop at Pauline Muth's in August, & Bill will undoubtedly have pot
vendors at his symposium. I can also check out local potters. Since this will be
a round pot, it can be thrown on a wheel, but I have to remind them that it
needs feet. How deep would you suggest?

I looked at the plant carefully today, & it is partly but not totally wilted.
Should I prune it? I moved it up one shelf, where it will get a little
morning sun & a lot of afternoon shade. I also put a 2-gallon baggie over it. As I
understand buttonwoods, it will not get cooked from the morning sun shining
through the plastic, but I will watch it.
Iris


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