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  • [Glen][Glen] Posts: 76
    edited August 2018
    I am in the UK.

    I confess to not teasing the roots as much as normal. That was partly because I had not expected them to stink as they did, and partly because I thought it might not matter as I intend for all these trees to become dwarfed in pots outside my windows.

    For comparison, I received a Cedar deodara so pot bound that the misshapen plastic needed to be cut away from the root ball with a stanley knife. That root ball was then exactly the shape of a misshapen pot. I found it impossible to tees the thick knotted roots, and they sounded like a wooden drum when hit. That C. deodara is now in a growth spurt.
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 22,698
    Well, Glen, as nobody here has come up with a definitive answer to the problem of your Gingko’s brown leaves and smelly roots, I look forward to getting one from the Forestry Commission’s experts.
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 22,698
    Rather old news, but it shows what Gingkos can survive....
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-33826900

    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
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