We have a new tree!

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Hi there!
I am called a “Ponderosa Pine” and I have just been planted (totally bare rooted) in to a pot of the richest soil that I have ever felt! My new owner knows his stuff because I have perked up after only 4 hours in my new “house”. Ahhh, this feels SO good!:

My new owner saved me from that horrible place where I was grown that put me into nasty chemicals and packaged me.. This new home feels SO much better and I want to just GROW with the best of them!
Under optimum growing conditions, I can look like this:

I could grow to over 100 feet under the right conditions and my new owner has been doing that, plus some!
My little feet feel SO good today!
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I just love this little tree and I probably will not live long enough to see it mature, but it’s pretty cool to attempt to grow a massive tree from a little sapling and see what happens using a pure organic program that duplicates the native soil conditions in the forest floor where this little guy came from.

Do I really want a 100ft tree in my backyard?
Of course! No one else in the neighborhood has one..
{chuckle}
_N2O

25 Apr, 2011
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Angieindgar..

Lovely blog!

It is fun to grow things from little things.

Best of luck with it.

25 Apr, 2011

Lulu33

Well done you! Planting for the future!

25 Apr, 2011

Sewingkilla

Oooo i can just see the headline.....'my neighbour has a 100' tree and i can't see out of my kitchen window' hee hee

25 Apr, 2011

N2organics

Maybe my grand kids will see it in the center of the backyard. ;-)

For the time being, I will give it the best TLC that I can and eventually plant it in the ground after growing it for a couple of years in containers.

One thing that I really want to keep a close eye on is the root system. Trees that are grown in containers need to be up-potted regularly to prevent the roots from circling and girdling. Once the roots start to circle in a container, it is the "kiss of death" in the long run, when the tree is transplanted into the wild. Circling roots cause stress in a tree and nature sends in the microbes, birds, and critters that can sense that stress and the elevated sugar levels that a tree sends up to the foliage to correct the problem. Hopefully, that situation will never happen with my new tree!

We have a new tree!

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