Michael wrote:


Most importantly, you should have the TIME to work with each
tree at the highest level.

Quantity should not be confused with quality.

YES!

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And wrote:


How much is too much? Clue: the number of trees is MUCH lower
than one would imagine.


It takes a while for most of us to realize this FACT. You can
have a gazillion ho-hum trees, a hundred OK trees, or 25-30 nice
trees.

I've only made it down to the OK level ;-) but now that I have a
few whose potential I'm beginning to see, I've become a lot more
ruthless in culling trees off my shelves. I just today planted a
Chinese quince out in my yard. It had been in a pot for several
years and, frankly, was a bit boring there (and probably bored
itself). It'll be happier with more root run.

I don't know if mame count. ;-)

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

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