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(Nina Shishkoff) wrote:

but without dormancy there will not be that "flush" of root growth that bonsai people depend on in the spring.

Why is that flush of root growth beneficial in bonsai?

Eric

Because all of us repot in spring just before budbreak. Why do we do that? Because we know the plants will recover quickly. Why do they recover quickly? Because of the flush of root growth.

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