Re: Shrub question
Does watch over mean watering and fertilizing?
They could be root bound in which case either plant them out or
move them to a larger container.
How do you protect the roots from freezing in the winter? This
could be critical.
As an aside for a long time I was growing a white pine in a
redwood container on my flagstone patio. It was doing surprisingly
well. The reason it was doing so well was that the tap root had
grown out of a drainage hole through the crack between stones and
into real soil.
Bill Plummer
Painted Post, New York
Zone 5
> Hi all. I was hoping for some feedback on a practice of mine.
I've been
> getting small shrubs mail-order in the spring, and replanting
them into
> large containers that I can watch over for the whole growing
season. I've
> also been doing this for perennials that seem touchy. I lost
many small
> plants when I put them right away into my difficult
> conditions--root-infested, shady, clay soil--so have decided to
be more
> careful. My question is: does another season in a pot stunt the
growth of
> the plant? My Japanese maples seem awfully small for their age.
> Thanks,
> Nancy S. (NYC, zone 6B)
>
