AusBonsai

Posted: **September 21st, 2019, 4:08 pm**

Have a Japanese Larch and all of its buds have opened. Is it too late to root prune and transfer to a bonsai pot?

Posted: **September 21st, 2019, 6:49 pm**

I do not grow larch but they have a reputation for being temperamental at the best of times so I would delay any root work if shoots are open just in case.

Posted: **September 21st, 2019, 7:05 pm**

I would recommend not, have lost several root pruning when buds were swelling let alone when it’s in leaf.

Posted: **September 21st, 2019, 9:12 pm**

Thanks for the advice. I'll wait till winter.

Posted: **September 22nd, 2019, 11:22 am**

Mine has suffered huge amount of die back from last summer it seems. Maybe its salvageable...... its my last one so even here it seems im playing with fire with them. Last summer did all my garden ones in too

Posted: **September 22nd, 2019, 11:28 am**

Matthew wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2019, 11:22 am Mine has suffered huge amount of die back from last summer it seems. Maybe its salvageable...... its my last one so even here it seems im playing with fire with them. Last summer did all my garden ones in too

The only reason my last 3 are alive still is they are in the ground. Every time I touch the roots and put them in a pot they go south. It’s almost time to give up on them here in Melbourne

Posted: **September 22nd, 2019, 12:38 pm**

I bare rooted a couple during winter and they're powering away at the moment

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