Re: Is there an answer??
- Subject: Re: Is there an answer??
- From: &* G* <p*@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:31:42 -0800
Oh, I feel guilty now for not inspecting plant roots at the nursery.
However, I do usually put back plants that are in softer pots if the
rootball feels particularly firm or if I see a thick nest of roots at
the surface. However, I've not had a lot of problems with severely
constricted plants at the nursey where I shop (Valley Hills in Carmel
Valley), but occasionally a neglected plant will have lots of
encircling roots and I do usually tease them out. I also tend to rake
the surface of rootballs with lots of fibrous roots to roughen them
up.
When digging the hole for my plants, I dig just enough I can get the
plant in and fit my hands around it. I add the native soil back in so
the roots are in contact with what they'll eventually have to deal
with as they get older. I never amend (the plants I buy usually don't
need it anyway).
My problem is sometimes the plants I buy are one sided with their main
roots, so I've had a couple of plants get blown over into a tilt. I
can't always tell this is the case since sometimes the main roots head
towards one side of the pot even if the crown looks like it's nice and
radial. Fortunately only one of my Fremontodendron and one Ray Hartman
ceanothus have been blown into a tilt.
