Hi Robert O
Are you taking the transplanting workshop on the 22nd at N.E. Bonsai
with John Romano? If you are and you decide to re-pot your hemlock most
books I've read suggests protecting the tree from frost/freezing after
re-re-potting. If you don't have facilities to protect the tree after
re-potting I suggest you ask them at N.E. Bonsai to care for your tree in
one of there cold greenhouses that they keep above freezing until May 15th,
our last frost date. Make sure the tree is totally thawed out before trying
to re-pot it. It is no fun finding a chunk of ice in the center of the pot
that makes re-re-potting impossible. Probe the existing pot with a chopstick
or some other long thin implement, you will know when you hit a block of
ice.

Doug Taylor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lewis"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 7:35 AM
Subject: [IBC] Hemlock repot ?


Hey folks...I am considering repotting a collected hemlock next
weekend...I
think it is a little early for me , the buds haven't really
started to swell
yet...but Im not planning any root work other than old soil
removal. I'ts
been recovering in it's current pot for 3 years , and I would
lke to get a
look at the roots and put it into some better soil. I wasn't
sure if maybe it
might not be good for the tree to do it early ?...we're s'posed
to have
warmer temps all week ( 40's anyway ! ) Next saturday I'm
doing a workshop
and thought it would be ideal to have other more experienced
eyes on it
while I repot. Any thoughts ?...good bad ? thanks so
much....BobO zone
5/6-western Ma.

My first thought: If you think it's "a little early" then it
probably is.

Given the weather we've had this winter, I'd bet you have more
cold weather after your "warmer" temps next week.

You cannot Un-kill a tree; I think I'd assume that if the needles
haven't fallen off the roots are fine and I (you) should wait.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden


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