Hi Shibui ,mate thanks for the reply.
If I had one question it would be; Would a soil medium with only enough fines to keep moist throughout the day until watering time be best or would more fines in the mix be better ? From my understanding the free'er the draining the mix the better. thanks mate
cheers Ken for the link, The main problem I have with bare rooting something like that junipers rootball is that with all soil removed and "even washed clean" , when an attempt is made to repot ever so much care needs to be taken to ensure new soil medium is packed around the collected roots. With such an amount of fine roots and quite a nice rootball as show, the new mix becomes very difficult to work in between the roots to take up ALL the air pockets. Most people tend to be a little cautious of damaging the existing roots while forgetting the real need to surround them with fresh medium as soon as possible.
When new roots are exposed to "AIR" they DIE. When a tree planted on a slab grows, it's roots extend outwards and when they reach the outer edge the cannot travel anyfurther and die(or if able turn around).It's is for this reason also that I am weary when i see people pulling trees from pots and exposing the roots to AIR. It's common practise but not for me.
I hope this makes sense . Anyway that's my thoughts. Cheers also mate
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