Here it is, full summer in steamy hot sunny north Florida and
I've been transplanting dozens of trees.

Lots of luck, Jim. :-(

BUT . . . we're about to have a lot of work done on our house (an
entire wall replaced, windows, sliding doors, etc., lots of
siding, roof work, etc.) and I have to move all the plants in my
grow boxes, which were lined near the side of the house where all
the siding needs replacing (CAUSE & EFFECT!)

So, yesterday I transplanted a dozen red maples (A. rubrum), 20
bald cypress cuttings (some grown to 2 feet now), several button
bush (NOT bottonwood, but Cephalanthus occidentalis), scores of
U. parvifolia, twice that many privet cuttings,etc. etc. etc.
into pots and distributed them around my garden out of reach of
the clumsy feet of carpenters. I have one more 2x2 grow box to
go tomorrow.

We'll see how this hot-weather repotting goes. All of them were
cut back severely, and all are placed in deep shade where they
get misted every day by my auto-watering system.

It really, really doesn't matter because I have all the trees I
can handle already, but . . . THEY WERE THERE.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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I hope that your transplanting goes ok. Frankly, moving them as you
describe, should work.
The main thing that caught my interest was the mention of the
buttonbush. I thought I was the only one playing with them. The leaves
don't reduce enough, but the blooms are a joy.
Wayne (South of New Orleans)

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From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf
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Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:10 PM
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Subject: [IBC] The BIG experiment

Here it is, full summer in steamy hot sunny north Florida and
I've been transplanting dozens of trees.

Lots of luck, Jim. :-(

BUT . . . we're about to have a lot of work done on our house (an
entire wall replaced, windows, sliding doors, etc., lots of
siding, roof work, etc.) and I have to move all the plants in my
grow boxes, which were lined near the side of the house where all
the siding needs replacing (CAUSE & EFFECT!)

So, yesterday I transplanted a dozen red maples (A. rubrum), 20
bald cypress cuttings (some grown to 2 feet now), several button
bush (NOT bottonwood, but Cephalanthus occidentalis), scores of
U. parvifolia, twice that many privet cuttings,etc. etc. etc.
into pots and distributed them around my garden out of reach of
the clumsy feet of carpenters. I have one more 2x2 grow box to
go tomorrow.

We'll see how this hot-weather repotting goes. All of them were
cut back severely, and all are placed in deep shade where they
get misted every day by my auto-watering system.

It really, really doesn't matter because I have all the trees I
can handle already, but . . . THEY WERE THERE.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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