Won't roots grow right through damp cardboard? I would imagine they would, but this would make it like a giant peat pot. Assuming the soil volume in the box is adequate the roots that grew out of the box would just be air pruned and the plant itself should continue doing fine. I would think the box would rot away, but if the roots had colonized the potting mix the mass would hold together. By no means am I recommending this approach as practical (and certainly not aesthetic), I am just trying to think it through whether it would work (meaning the plant does OK) and at this point I am thinking it would probably work. Not long term, but for an annual veggie perhaps. I find it interesting the ideas folks come up with sometimes. Very creative.

I just wanted to post that I was out at the National Arboretum a few weeks ago. The large Q. acutas looked like they sustained some damage from teh past winter. Some twig and a few branches died back. Sad to see. But they will certainly survive. The Q. salicina looked like it had NO damage at all surprisingly. I have never seen acorns on them. Interestingly the Q. phillyreoides had some acorns. No apparent dieback. They all looked rather shrubby to me and not large single trunked trees. L. henyri and Q. myrsinifolias looked just fine. Q. glauca specimens at the Arboretum have all had a rough go of it over the years. Numerous diebacks. Pretty pathetic. They should really not be grown up here. But maybe they got some northern provenance stock that they wanted to try. I didn't see where they were from. Unrelated, but all the hollies looked great. Even Ilex latifolia. The Ilex latifolia in my yard looks great as well. No apparent winter damage. A small amount of leaf spot but overall I was very pleased. This post was edited by dave_in_nova on Fri, Oct 17, 14 at 10:33

ITS THE VAN WADE METHOD .... oops it should be rather common with peeps who want to maintain streaked breeders .. simply ripping out green reversions ... the idea is to not disturb the roots ... green is always the dominant ... and will overtake an otherwise colored part .... how fast is usually the key ... on a tiny babe.. disturbing the roots.. and then separating it.. will.. in most instances.. led to loss of the good part ... in my experience anyway .. as i tend to forget about the TLC needed somewhere over summer .. ken

I have a friend who loves Sun Drop so much she wears the bottle caps as earrings to go with her constantly worn Sun Drop T-shirt! Maybe I just don't know what the intrigue is about this beverage yet I live in the South where everybody seems to advertises this soda, but have yet to try it. Goes along with the area's RC Cola or Nehi Grape - they only get out of the South in a suitcase. Nancy