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Should we be bare rooting trees?

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Galatians522:
I talked to a man who ran a citrus nursery and planted orange trees for a living about this. He told me that originally citrus trees were grown at in-ground nurseries. All of these trees were bare rooted before being planted in the groves. Eventually, the state required citrus nurseries to grow their trees in pots. The remarkable part is that he claimed that when they took the time to bare root the potted trees before planting them in the Florida sand the trees grew faster! He had trialed this on a large scale on several occasions and the results were always the same--the bare rooted trees flushed long before the trees that were planted without disturbing the potting soil. The other crazy thing is that he claimed that there was no difference in tree survival--as long as the trees were not flushing. "A citrus tree should never be dug when it is flushing."

Laaz:

--- Quote from: Millet on October 17, 2021, 06:18:14 PM --->>> I have damaged many roots over the years & never had a setback.<<<

Damaged roots will certainly cause a set back to a tree, how damaging the set back depends on the amount of roots that were damaged.

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If you say so... Once I up pot the trees in new soil, they almost immediately flush new growth. I guess that's what you call "set back"?

Citradia:
I repotted all my citrus in 50:50 Turface/ garden soil this year and removed all the previous potting soil, lost a few minor roots in process, but within a week or two, everything started pushing new growth, big Saint Teresa bloomed and fruited for the first time. Done great. I’ve cultivated bonsai trees in the past, not citrus species, but other species such as crabapple and dwarf pomegranate, azalea, wisteria, etc, and of course had to severely root prune and top prune proportionately of course, and they all did well and were potted in bonsai soil which resembles the 50:50 Turface blend. Amazing how plants can recover from pruning with appropriate aftercare. Osmacote mixed in with my Turface by the way.

luak:
Just show you how I do my tree’s.
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luak:
I go along what Laaz wrote. If you do it often enough,you can almost up/repot year around. Got about 50 tree’s in containers. All good looking.
Btw, I woke up from a long sleep to find out that the form is also in a deep sleep. Winter is the season for lot’s of citrus articles.

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