pond basket or walled pot

[*tree*]

I have a few nursery trees that were styled last year and I want to repot them. I have some junipers, norway spruce, korean fir, bristlecone pine and potentila, so which of these should go to pond baskets? I read somewhere that junipers do better in grow bags and normal pots.

 

[Shibui]

Pond baskets do not suit any species at my place. I find they dry out way too quick in summer here so growth is way less than standard pots for all the species I've tried. My advice is to try a few in pond baskets to see how they do at your place so you don't lose everything in one trial.

 

[*tree*]

Pond baskets do not suit any species at my place. I find they dry out way too quick in summer here so growth is way less than standard pots for all the species I've tried. My advice is to try a few in pond baskets to see how they do at your place so you don't lose everything in one trial.

I have 1 year old pitch pine seedlings in pond basket which grow well. I also have mild summer https://weatherspark.com/y/83623/Average-Weather-in-Ostrava-Czechia-Year-Round
so they usually only need water every other day.

 

[penumbra]

I have well over a hundred trees in pond baskets. They do require diligence with water regards. The pines really go crazy in them.

 

[Dabbler]

Pond baskets can work BUT do not miss watering or you can set the tree back or kill it

 

[RKatzin]

I prefer my Anderson flats. They allow the lateral extension of the roots, but air prune the bottom roots. They're like a pond basket on the bottom and a solid pot on the sides and I don't have the watering issues.
I have a stack of baskets somewhere around here.