AusBonsai

Hi there crazy kids!! I guess my question does'nt just apply to Yamadori, but I have seen posts in the past where people have dug up trees, have placed them in large grow boxes/tubs and have applied lots of seasol to keep the roots strong.I have also heard of people soaking the roots in Seasol. My question is, when you soak the rootball in Seasol:

1. How strong is the Seasol? (Is it diluted at all or is it just pure Seasol?)
2. How long do you soak it in Seasol for? (Can one apply too much?)

Many Thanks


John

I will also be interested in the answers you get too, John
James

Hi Jester,
Just recomended dose or lighter and only untill you can plant in box, no more than a couple of days otherwise you may drown it.

i give any new trees the same treatment, a big container that will be big enough for the rootball, fill it with water, put a few good splashes of seasol in, a couple of dashes of superthrive and in goes the tree for any where from 24 hours to 2 weeks, the 2 weeks generaly are freshly collected trees, a couple of days for a nursery tree and 24 hours for a tree i am repotting.

sometimes if i am keen to get it potted up i will give it a couple of hours, i have never had a prob with a tree in a bath for the two weeks, it is how chris and I (plus some others i presume) get flat cut olives to throw new roots

jamie

Jamie,

Do you get collected wild olives in Qld?

Glenda

I guess this depends on the species. I used iluted solution of seasol + ST always. Generally 24 hrs. I once left a few collected bougy branches in a bucket of water and seasol and foregot them there. A month later, they shot over the place. I took them out and planted them. They are doing great now.

Glenda wrote:Jamie,

Do you get collected wild olives in Qld?

Glenda

nah not up here mate, the couple i have are trees that had been sent up to me, if you PM chris he will more than likely to be only to happy to trade for some other stock

Hi Jamie, what a coincidence. I was actually asking in relation to an Olive. Great info. Thanks to you as well Mick.

Jamie wrote:i give any new trees the same treatment, a big container that will be big enough for the rootball, fill it with water, put a few good splashes of seasol in, a couple of dashes of superthrive and in goes the tree for any where from 24 hours to 2 weeks, the 2 weeks generaly are freshly collected trees, a couple of days for a nursery tree and 24 hours for a tree i am repotting.

sometimes if i am keen to get it potted up i will give it a couple of hours, i have never had a prob with a tree in a bath for the two weeks, it is how chris and I (plus some others i presume) get flat cut olives to throw new roots

jamie

gday John

olives love getting a good bath, Chris who collects olive all the time has a great way of getting flat cut trees to throw new roots. all he does is put the flat cut stump into a bath of plain water, sometimes seasol and leave it there until he gets little "root nublets" all around the flat cut area, it can take up to a couple of weeks or more and then once there is a heap of the "nublets" they go into the ground, i have one which i am doing as well and it has started to put out the new roots i will try and get a pic today

seasol and/or superthrive in the water i believe helps, i cant see it hurting either.

Wow , thanks Jamie, I really excited now about an up and coming project. Some pics would be super. Thanks mate


John

Jamie wrote:gday John

olives love getting a good bath, Chris who collects olive all the time has a great way of getting flat cut trees to throw new roots. all he does is put the flat cut stump into a bath of plain water, sometimes seasol and leave it there until he gets little "root nublets" all around the flat cut area, it can take up to a couple of weeks or more and then once there is a heap of the "nublets" they go into the ground, i have one which i am doing as well and it has started to put out the new roots i will try and get a pic today

seasol and/or superthrive in the water i believe helps, i cant see it hurting either.

Hi John
I use Seasol (fish emulsion) all the time in my garden...especially when I'm transplanting (I've got a big garden) Fish emulsion not only promotes healthy roots but it prevents your plant going into shock after being transplanted.

cheers Loretta

here ya go john,

as promised a pic of an olive that has been soaked for a couple of weeks, ready to go in the ground
all the little white nublets are new roots starting.

jamie

Wow!!! I had no idea,

Thanks again for going to so much trouble Jamie


John

my pleasure mate

happy to help where i can

I have a 50L container which is filled with a mix of water crystals, seasol (strong mix), mild ferts and rooting hormone. I just stick everything I want to grow in it, cuttings, stressed plants, plants I don't have time to pot, air-layers which need more root development etc. Some of the plants seem to like being in the solution more-so than in a pot. I have a fig that lives in it full time.