On Jul 4, 2005, at 4:05 PM, Pauline Muth wrote:

Classically as a round pot. But I do let my eye make the judgement.

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Subject: [IBC] Hex and Oct pot question


Sorry about the blank.

Are hexagonal and octagonal pots treated as round pots or oval pots?
If we
treat them as round pots we put the tree in the center. If we treat
them as
oval pots we put the tree off center to the right or left.
I just potted up a Bucera spinosa (Bahamian Black Olive) in a hex pot
and
treated it as oval.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast



FWIW I try to have a tree that's in a round/hexagonal pot as close to
the center as possible. My feeling is that the tree looks off balance
otherwise. In an oval or rectangular pot your eye has the luxury of
moving from side to side. There is space, lengthwise, for the tree to
be off-center. But in a round pot you don't have that extra space.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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