Odd experience - Carter/Holmes

[coirchoir]

Hi Jerry -
Glad you have a different point of view.
Perhaps we can all learn.
Do you think ALL roots should be trimmed, and do you think they shd be trimmed 3/4 of the way down to the base of the pot? Just really asking to learn. Remember, these are supposed to be dug ups for 4" pots to begin with. The height of the pot itself is not more than 4-5" too. SO 3/4 of the way would mean keeping only about 3-4" of root - i.e. less than half of the length of the root it came with!! Lovely plump heathy roots! Now that I think of it, I should have questioned that right away - but the C&H website, and instructions and packing and the plants all looked so professionally done that I shut down the quiet voice in my heart and yielded to what I thought were the experts.
No matter the difference in trimming practice - something seems wrong with those combination of instructions.