No, It IS Repotting time!

 To judge by the calendar, it is too early to do any repotting.

But Since plants can't read, the often have other ideas!

Temperatures in my area have been consistently over freezing

for a while, and often much higher than seasonal norms.  The plants 'feel' this, and they start to react

This is a nice little  Japanese quince that I got from Evergreen Garden Works more than 10 years ago. It has developed into into a nice little tree. It blooms reliably every year, and has been a prolific source of cuttings.








Quince put out flower buds very early, and well before leaf buds.  This particular plant has just started to bud out. With that modest amount of activity "up top" I was surprised to see the massive amount of new, white roots this had put out!














The roots were so strong they pulled the drainage screen right out of the bottom of the pot.












 Quince strike fairly easily from cuttings. Cutting ease can be taken as an indicator how much root can be taken off safely when repotting.  This was cut back and set up with fresh soil.



These are vigorous enough to need repotted every year.

This is the bench the quince st on last year-it is slowly disappearing!!