cyclops

ive recently got two new bonsai and as i noticed the fukien tea was is to liftout of the pot with most of the soil still in contact perfectly out the pot.. is this something i should worry about repotting? also when i lifted it i noticed a decent sized earth worm head disappear back into the soil should i be concerned for the well being of my bonsai ?
thanks

Phil

As for the first part of your question I'm afraid you lost me as to just what you're asking? As for the earthworm they are totally harmless.

~Phil~

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cyclops

sorry about that i was in a bit of a hurry to get to work well
my first question was that i can grab the trunk and lift the entire thing out of the pot with all the soil intact i didnt pot this tree it was done at the nursery i was just curious if this was a sign that the roots are to long and getting to compacted and should repot well i just need to know if this is typical or should i repot and trim the roots down before i get root rot

thanks for the reply

Phil

Ah....OK.
Two things could be the cause of that. One would be if the soil is bone dry but I'm sure that would obviously be something you would notice right off. The second would be exactly what you pointed out. Remove the tree, comb out the roots, get rid of the compacted soil and re-pot it back into the original pot with new soil or into a larger pot. If you should decide to re-pot into the original pot I would strongly suggest in trimming off some of the fine roots before re-potting as otherwise you'll end up where you started from. It's pretty easy to ascertain if the tree is root bound as you'll see a plethora of fine roots the same shape as the pot. When re-potting make absolutely sure that every nook and cranny of the root structure has soil. This is easily done by adding DRY soil a little at a time and then gently prodding into and about the roots with either a chopstick or some other blunt instrument.

After doing so I would then water it by submersion rather than from above. After that I would then give a dose of one quarter the recommended dosage of an organic fertilizer. Some would disagree about fertilizing after re-potting but as far as I'm concerned not fertilizing after re-potting just does not stand up as being harmful. Brent Walston is a firm believer in debunking that "old wives tail".

~Phil~

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cyclops

ya the soil is definatly not dry its just right, but ive seen root bound trees and ohh my they look epic. When i lifted mine it wasnt as bad maybe its getting there that will give me time until next week when i can get new soil. I have recently been given a dead tree not quite sure looks like a chinese elm but pretty dead my neighbor said she didnt have a green thumb and the pot was a great size alot bigger then the one the fukien tea is in now. ok well what im getting at is do you think its a bad idea to put it into the pot if the pots a little to big for it the new pot is 9 x 6 and the current pot is 6 x 4 it should be fine... right haha sorry for all the Q's I would just like to know so much. Oh hah sorry one more for tonight is it good to repot before spring
im not familiar at all with the repotting cycle, i know how to do it just the sense of when to and when not to.
thanks for all the help really appreciate it your helping me and my bonezi