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Indo Andreas wrote: Here an idea how people in Indonesia grow trees outside without burring them straight into the soil.

actually, that might work, during the winter, we pack mulched up leaves in cinder blocks, and bury our pots in it. Of course, planting them in the garden is easy, and as long as the fox keeps the rabbits away, it seems to work.

No winter, foxes or rabbits in Indo

Thank you everyone for the help!! I planted the plants into slightly larger terra-cotta pots. Unfortunately I do not have a cell phone at the moment so i can't provide pictures. What should I look for when it comes to root trimming/training in the future? How do I know what to cut?

Just let them grow first the next two years, then you have learned a lot more! I like the videos of Greham Potter or Ryan Neil, they explain and show a lot of technical advice. Go to YouTube in general there are hundreds of good videos

Thank you all so much! I might be messaging a couple or a bunch of you for more advice/help in the near or far future!! Thank you again

Bhawk wrote: Thank you everyone for the help!! I planted the plants into slightly larger terra-cotta pots. Unfortunately I do not have a cell phone at the moment so i can't provide pictures. What should I look for when it comes to root trimming/training in the future? How do I know what to cut?

Root trimming is done for 2 main resons:

- The reduce the amount of inactive root in the pot (So to keep the growing ends near the trunk, and finely ramified)
- To balance the rootbase (Nebari)

As to how and which roots:
- When reducing the roots, you alway try to trim back to a side-root
- When trimming the roots, you always try to reduce the roots to a point where they can go into the pot without circling (Although for trees in development this may be dificult at first, keeping in mind the previous point)
When trimmming roots, always trim the strongest root more than weaker roots

However, as long as you want your tree to gain girth, you should be modest in root trimming.

Just got my phone fixed! I will be posting some pictures later! The wind blew the move last night and cracked my terra-cotta pots so they had to be put back into the pots from the nursery.

Here are the two plants!

Here are the two plants!

Let me know if anyone has any suggestions/advice! should i cut the smaller branch near the bottom of the chinese elm? I feel like its just a sucker.