Differences In Rates Of Growth
I spotted a row of trees today which I was told had all been planted the same time. You would expect them to be more or less identical in height but these ones are all completely different to one another. What is more amazing is that these are Leylandii, which were planted some 10 years ago. Leylandii are renowned for their extremely fast growth of 1 meter (3.28 foot) a year!
It’s puzzled me a bit as to why there are all different sizes but they are planted in quite rocky and soil which is lacking in goodness. It was soil which was scooped out of deep in the ground and dumped to make a bank.
I may be completely wrong about it, but this is what I have come up with…
So there’s two factors as to why some are only 2 foot and their neighbours are up to 10 foot. The first is that theres not a lot of room for root growth which would stunt the growing of the main tree. The second is that they are not getting enough goodness to grow any bigger.
Which teaches us we should feed our bonsai regularly to ensure they grow and are healthy and also to not leave them in the same pot too long so that they slow down in growth that way.
