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Should we be bare rooting trees?
Vlad:
I just read this post: https://www.gardenmyths.com/washing-tree-roots/
I grow my citrus and fig trees in pots and bare root the trees after I get them from a vendor and before putting them into 5:1:1 mix or gritty mix. I do this because the mix that the trees come in is usually different than the mix I put them in. The mixes that I use are fast draining while some of the mixes that the trees come in are not (they contain a lot of peat). I found that repotting the trees with this kind of mix is problematic because the water drains around the peat based mix in the root ball and does not penetrate into the roots.
I have bare rooting my trees for years without problems.
lebmung:
Very time consuming, only done when it's necessary
Millet:
I bare root my trees when I transplant them. When bare rooting a tree's root ball, do not rush and do not just force the old medium to dislodge. The small root hairs will be damaged. Bare rooting can be a slow process, and all the while the roots must be kept moist. Any forceful removing of the original medium will break off the small root hairs, which must be avoided. A partial bare rooting of the outer portion of the root ball is better than no bare rooting at all.
Laaz:
I have never had a issue & I bare root all of my trees when moving up to larger containers. I have damaged may roots over the years & never had a setback.
Millet:
>>> 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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