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Author Message   Luis_pr  My Time Posted on Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 10:29 am EST :    I saw some camellia pictures from a public garden in Sweden that made me think of my next project: growing camellias in containers. The plants in the pictures looked quite big and the pots looked smaller than I expected so here are my question for y'all: what size of pot should I use to start with? When do I re-pot into a larger pot? How do I know it is time to re-pot? I am afraid I will leave the plants into small containers too long and they will get root bound. Thanks in advance, Luis Luis_pr - Hurst, Texas, Zone "USDA 7b/8a"   Galanthophile  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 11:06 am EST :    My mother started off the camellias I now have in my garden when they were very small plants in pots. She potted them into a slightly bigger pot every couple of years. I'd say don't pot them up into anything too big for the existing rootball. That goes for any potted plant as the soil around the roots but not containing the roots can go sour. If you feed your plants they should grow happily in pots for years. If you want to check their progress there's no harm in tipping the plant out of the pot to check. If the roots are still surrounded by plenty of compost then leave alone. Repot when there are more roots showing than compost! Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Takeuchi  Posted on Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 06:14 am EST :    Hello Luis san Ann san I wonder the coincidence of my procedure to Ann san's explanation regardless with the different countries. In addition to the Ann san's explanation, 1.To eliminate the size of the main root which is going strait underneath or in case the potted young plants it is coiled at the bottom of the pot. This work is to make the root wider by making the side direction roots. This procedure is to make the healthy root system which is ready for the next replanting. 2. The roots of camellia are usually not to penetrate easily beyond the border of the different soils of the nature. So, to use the soil as same as possible to the soil now it is planted. At the same time to remove the old soil to make the root naked all around the root ball when doing replanting. 3. The camellias should be replanted to the bigger container when the container is filled up with roots. If one remain the container plants without replanting, the work of removing soil becomes difficult from the fragile, dense roots. The by far stronger grown roots should be cut to the size of the root ball to make branch. The best season of the replanting is after flower to before sprouting. The interval of the replanting in my case is when the plant is young, 2~5 years every 2~4 years, and gradually longer as the plant grow older. The compost I usually use is loam granule of 2~10mm grain with less than 5% leaf mold. Takeuchi - Saitama-Ken, Zone "8b~9a"   Luis_pr  My Time Posted on Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 03:43 pm EST :    Thanks for the hints, Hiroshi. I have one question. How often do apply compost to container grown camellias? Luis Luis_pr - Hurst, Texas, Zone "USDA 7b/8a"   Takeuchi  Posted on Monday, May 21, 2007 - 09:21 am EST :    Luis san Do you mean how often I give fertilizer to container grown camellia? I give one time a year after flower about 10~20g of oil cake of rape seed for the young plant in 30cm diameter container. Takeuchi - Saitama-Ken, Zone "8b~9a"

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