That site won't let me view your pictures unless I sign up. Try Photobucket.

# 1? # 2 Mulberry, probably M. alba # 3 Ulmus Sp. HTH Chris

you posted on the rather dead gallery side... try the same on the DISCUSSIONS side.. if you havent already ken

OK, we'll work on it Mike, and you can post pictures. Ecologystudent's will be easy. Get your new containers ready with a good, coarse, porous mix in the bottom and a pile ready for backfill. Remove the tree from the container and gently shake out as much of the existing potting medium as possible. You can poke and prod at the root ball, it won't scream. Some suggest that you wash all of the soil off, but I don't do that. Lay the plant down on a cutting surface and remove at least 1/4 to 1/3 of the roots from the bottom. Watch out for all the blood! (just kidding) You might find, when you shake them up a bit, that you can simply hold up the plant in one hand and take a pair of sharp scissors to the bottom most roots. This will be more like a quick trim off the bottom rather than the slicing that is required for a more developed root system. Repot immediately into the new container with the fresh, porous mix. Water thoroughly. Watering should always be done on an 'as-needed- basis, as Mike says. Even in ground plantings shouldn't be tied to some sort of arbitrary calendar schedule. Container grown plants will vary in their watering needs depending upon lots and lots of factors, such as type of container, type of potting medium, size of the plant compared to container, health and vigor of plant, time of year, temperature, humidity, blah, blah. Use your fingers to judge when watering is required. When it is time to water, do so generously. Little sips are detrimental to the root/soil system. Don't let newly root pruned plants dry out too much between drenchings. Give them a few weeks to get caught up.