Sprint Re-potting

Over the past month I've re-potted trees into larger training pots or good Bonsai pots. The larger African Strangler and Green Island Ficus, along with the Brazilian Rain tree were potted in nice 6 inch Bonsai pots while cuttings were placed in various training pots.

For the Brazilian Rain Tree I did little in the way of root pruning. I tend not to heavily prune roots but cut them back enough to give comfortable room in the pot. Any large roots may be pruned away but I try to maintain as much of the fine roots as possible. I find that the roots grow pretty fast and it may be necessary to re-pot after a year's growth. I am leaving the Texas Ebony and large African Strangler in their pots without re-potting this season to test if waiting to re-pot every 2 years will cause any problems. 

Brazilian Rain Tree

African Strangler

Green Island