"bnd777" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"dave @ stejonda" wrote in message
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I have an Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki' in a pot which I bought last year
but can't seem to find a good place for. I also have a spare 1m tall
strawberry planter.
It occurs to me that the acer would look good situated 1m above ground
in said planter. Would this work if I fill the planter with JI /
garden
soil or would the roots quickly be too constricted?

I have had an Acer palmatum dissectum atropurpureum in a pot
approximately
18" high and 18" diameter for something like ten years. It flourished
until
this year, when it is beginning to show what I think are signs of being
pot
bound. I water it reasonably regularly and feed it sporadically with
Miracle Gro.

I have a feeling that your strawberry planter might be a little on the
narrow side. What is its diameter?

Franz

Franz .........Acers are suffering this year in the heat and they like
rich
compost the odd dose of miracle grow will only help for just so long

bnd77, In another post I related what I found when I lifted the Acer for an
inspection. The whole potful is one solid mass of roots. I really do think
I should replace it. The compost is as old as the Acer, namely in the
region of a decade. I doubt if one could still refer to it as "rich".

Franz