[IBC] Excess water
 

Hello all
Could some kind person please advise me with regards to my Trident Maple Group of 13 they about 5 yrs old and they stand on a base in the corner of my garden which is in Berkshire England it has rained non stop for the last week and I am wondering weather
to put it in my garden shed to save it getting water logged and rotting the roots is this advisable.Thank you

Tony

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[IBC] Excess water
 

Anthony J Thackeray wrote:

Hello all
Could some kind person please advise me with regards to my Trident Maple Group of 13 they about 5 yrs old and they stand on a base in the corner of my garden which is in Berkshire England it has rained non stop for the last week and I am wondering weath
er to put it in my garden shed to save it getting water logged and rotting the roots is this advisable.Thank you

Tony


Prop up one end of the pot with a brick or something like that. Shallow pots don't drain as well as deeper ones. This will help it drain better. Then put it into winter storage, wherever you do that. I would think it would be about ready for winter any
way.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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[IBC] Excess water
 

Hello all
Could some kind person please advise me with regards to my
Trident Maple Group of 13 they about 5 yrs old and they stand on
a base in the corner of my garden which is in Berkshire England
it has rained non stop for the last week and I am wondering
weather to put it in my garden shed to save it getting water
logged and rotting the roots is this advisable.Thank you

Tony

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If they are in a shallow flat pot (as I suppose they might be)
water won't drain real well. You should keep the pot sitting at
a slight slant -- lengthwise -- to help the water drain to one of
the drainage holes at an end.

Of course, if the maples have lost their leaves, they'll probably
do OK in an unheated shed over the winter. Just don't forget
that they need _occasional_ water.

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

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[IBC] Excess water
 

Anthony,
I am in Basingstoke and mine are okay. I keep my trees as close to the eaves
of the house as I can partly for rain protection and also for frost
protection. If you can raise the pot off the ground also it will help to
drain away excess water.
Geoff


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Subject: [IBC] Excess water


Hello all
Could some kind person please advise me with regards to my Trident Maple
Group of 13 they about 5 yrs old and they stand on a base in the corner of
my garden which is in Berkshire England it has rained non stop for the last
week and I am wondering weather to put it in my garden shed to save it
getting water logged and rotting the roots is this advisable.Thank you

Tony

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