Summer repot for soil change with no root pruning?
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Posted 5 years 11 months ago #51309
It is July here in Missouri, temps in the mid 80s this week. I'm have a red maple in training in bad soil that is not draining. It is humid in the Summer here and the soil is staying water-logged. I had collected it from my yard as a seedling two years ago and potted it at a time when I did not have any aggregate so it is in a mix of potting soil and some turface. The tree is healthy, but new growth is weak.
Is it possible to repot in Summer into new proper soil with as little root disturbance as possible?
Is it possible to repot in Summer into new proper soil with as little root disturbance as possible?
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Posted 5 years 11 months ago #51310Vanboom wrote: It is July here in Missouri
It's July everywhere.
I would not repot a maple in the summer.
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Posted 5 years 11 months ago #51783Its July everywhere
*Dies laughing*
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Posted 5 years 11 months ago #51793
How can you change the soil if you do not disturb the roots? Impossible. Tilt the tree a little if it is staying too wet, but do not re pot.
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