Long Pinecone Tree

Guest - Apr 24, 2007 03:23 AM EDT
Thanks Steve for looking in and the helpful information, you are like the sites own walking encyclopedia, great stuff,. I still can't pronounce a couple of the words you used but I do get the drift, One tree about to be planted out into the garden and protected with netting, thankyou very much for that help.

Guest - Apr 24, 2007 02:26 AM EDT
Very interesting picture and story, Lorraine! Any tree that's "bonsai'd" is suffering some kind of stress, usually of course a severely restricted root system. In this case it might be that most coniferous trees form mycorrhizae (symbiotic relationships with specific fungae in their roots) which enable them to feed more efficiently. If this is a pot-grown tree, it probably hasn't been able to create this relationship, and is stunted as a result.