How can you encourage vigorous growth?
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Comments (4)if planted last fall .. your tree will NOT be ESTABLISHED for 2 or 3 years ... more leaves ='s more food production ='s more roots ='s faster growing .... faster to ESTABLISH tree .... remove any of the canopy .. and you retard the whole equation ... the ONLY exception would be broken or crossing limbs .... MAYBE .... not this summer... but the winter following ... you MIGHT do a LITTLE bit of pruning for the sake of TRAINING .... for now.. mulch well.. keep it PROPERLY watered for all of this year.. ask if you dont know what that means ... and stow the pruning tools where you cant find them for 2 years ... the ONLY problem with your tree .. is your expectation .. relax .. be the tree .... if it lives... and you will have to try hard to kill a crab .... it will do what it will do.. when it is ready ... they are pretty fast growing... dont worry about it.. in a year or two.. there will be plenty of growth for you to start pruning .... especially suckers.. lol ... good luck ken...See MoreHow does one encourage sedum growth?
Comments (11)Thanks for the quick responses. I've been growing the kam... for several years now (also from Bluestone, Kevin!) so I am familiar with its habit. I've planted it closely enough that it clumps together nicely. It's just that the plantings from last year and the year before are just not getting bigger. They are only about 3 or 4 inches in diameter. The other plantings seemed to grow MUCH more quickly. Like I said, I may just be being impatient. Kevin, we too have had a ton of rain, and that's why I hesitate to water them even more. I'm going to watch the newer ones and see how they do, and if they take off then perhaps I'll try watering. This slope is so hot, dry, and rocky I don't think I could overwater if I wanted to, lol. But if all the extra rain seems to have helped this year, I'll help them along with some supplemental watering over the summer. I've tried a few other sedum here and K seems to do the best. I actually planted straight-up K by accident - I had a big swath of K. Weihenstephaner Gold going nicely, then bought the plain K from Bluestone, who at the time had great deals on flats of groundcovers (boy, do I miss that!). It wasn't till it was planted and growing that I realized I bought the wrong stuff! But I like the plain K better anyway, so I am continuing with that. I really tried to get John Creech established, since I love that, but it's not taking so well. I'm giving it a bit more time, and then if it doesn't thrive, I'll replace with K. This is why I posted awhile ago looking for places to buy bulk sedums. The slope is about a hundred feet long and 4 to 6 feet high. That's a lot of sedum! Thanks guys! Dee...See Morehow to encourage side growths?
Comments (5)I concur with Maria... some varieties seem more willing to grow offsets than others... and sometimes, being a bit pot-bound will prompt offsets to grow... I have a Minerva that has only one offset, and it's been growing in a container for over 7 years... and I have other bulbs that I just got this past fall, and already they are growing several babies per adult bulb... I would definitely say that variety plays a role. I would suggest simply caring for your bulb the best way possible, and allow it to remain in the same container without re-potting for a while... once the roots fill in, it may decide to send up some offsets....See MoreHow to encourage basil growth?
Comments (44)Hi there! I'm a first-time herb grower and have a question about my sweet basil plant. I'm growing it inside by my kitchen window (plenty of sunshine!) in a container. It grew a lot really quickly in the past few months up to about a foot tall. I decided to cut a bit off and give it to a friend so she could have some and so I cut about halfway down one of the two main stems to give her a fairly large portion. This was about a month ago and that cut portion has not produced any more growth. It actually looks like it's dying (the stem near the cut turned hard and brown). The rest of the plant is healthy and I water it regularly, but I'm afraid to cut anything more off of it because this section hasn't grown back. Did I cut the wrong area? Should I have just picked off the leaves instead of cutting the stem? I don't want to kill this plant. I really want to use it. Any insight you all may have will help. Thanks!...See More- 12 years ago
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