Blue Atlas Seedlings

[backyardbonsai]

Hi all,

I have a bunch of blue atlas seedlings fattening up in the ground for a future group planting.

Just wondering when is best to do some root work to them, as i want to pull them up and plant a few of them together in small groups and also place them on a flatter surface to get some lateral roots forming.
Then they will be going back into the ground to continue growing fatter.

Also these were purchased as blue atlas cedar grown from seeds, so would they be true to type with all the characteristics of a Blue atlas Cedar?

[Ryceman3]

I have succesfully repotted regular Atlantic Cedar and C. deodara in late July/early August so I would imagine this timeframe would work for your trees. Might be other times that also work, I don't have any experience with them though.
Anything from seed will always have a natural variation in genetics. Cuttings and grafting are the only ways to truly maintain 100% of the characteristics of the parent tree. More than likely though I would think most seedlings will be quite similar.