Re: Mediterranean is a Big Word

RE: Mediterranean is a Big Word
----- Original Message ----- From: yarrow@sfo.com 
To: pamela.steele@re-taste.com ; medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:03 PM
Subject: RE: Mediterranean is a Big Word


At 1:49 PM +0200 9/22/08, Pamela Steele wrote:
......I have been unsure about teasing out the roots when doing so have always been very careful but I will now try this method in particular 
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Tanya replied
Most plants seem to tolerate this, but a few don't like their roots disturbed at all. Maybe someone has a list of plants that don't like their roots disturbed?
Perhaps if I start the list off others will add to it. One entire family which simply does not tolerate even slight root disturbance is the Proteaceae. No matter how carefully one shifts them after the original planting I have found it will lead to sudden death. This applies to all the genera both South African and Australian
You may wonder how one can ever get them started at all, but if one takes container-grown plants and turns them carefully out of their pots so that the root ball remains entirely intact they can be safely established initially (but it really pays to get them exactly in the right place from the start!). 

Moira
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