Thanks, Anton. This is a very practical idea... one which makes
me ask, "Now why didn't I think of that?!"

Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org

-----Original Message-----
From: anton nijhuis
I gave up on boxes many years ago and find the 'papoose style'
that was first created by Dan Robinson as the cheapest and most
efficient method of training on a tree that is field dug. Chicken
wire cut to length, landscape cloth cut to fit, add your growing
medium, place tree, tie up tight with wire and you have a fully
contained growing pot with a perfect fit for each individual
tree. You do not have to prune back roots to make it fit, the
chicken wire adapts to the shape.

As time goes by undoing the wire is simple and you can easily
remove or add soil or root prune to any portion of the root ball
with out destroying the integrity of the rest of the root ball or
the papoose. Also it is easier to
get the growing medium around the roots and there are no dead
spaces under the root system, by wrapping the wire tight prevents
the tree from shaking and thus prevents small roots from breaking
off. Drainage is exceptional and the papoose last as long as the
quality of the landscape cloth used.
One roll of chicken wire, one roll of landscape cloth, medchanics
wire will
do about 20 trees depending on size.
I do this sometimes right at the collection site and do not have
to worry
about soil falling off or damaging any roots for the trip home.
For what it is worth
Anton

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