You know you're serious about your trees when......

13 years ago

You get home at 11:00 PM and head out to water the new transplants. Difficult on an overcast night with no moon lol.

Been three days w/o rain and upper 90's (100 today!) so I gave a gallon a piece to this year's plantings.

Doing well in shade are some viburnums and a coral bark maple (fire something).

Doing well in the sun are the the Cornus contrversa, Metasequoia Glyptostroboides Ogdon (aka Gold Rush), A.p. Purple Ghost, and A.p. Higasayama.

Doing ok in part sun is Acer griseum Paperbark Maple.

My Fagus sylvatica Purpurea Tricolor(rose-marg.)var.beech is getting FRIED the last week or so. During last year's normal to damp and mild summer it did great. Now this summer has had a string of 90 degree days its suffering!

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
hey

even with trees... each has its own season .... when it is in full glory ....

and i treasure them.. FOR THAT SEASON ....

IMHO .... the tri color's season .... is spring and early summer ...

mine ALWAYS starts looking ratty in late august ... by which time.. i either have... other things to look at... or just dont care ...

and mine has been in the ground for 10 years ...

short of every single leaf turning brown and falling off.. i wouldnt worry about it ..

yours is younger.. so extra water wont hurt... but i wouldnt worry about it too much ..

as to the others.. are you sure a gallon of water is worth the effort???? ... if you have 7 trees .... e.g. .... i might prefer you gave one tree all 7 gallons one night .. and a different tree the 7, each day of the week .. rather than giving them all a little bit.. all depending on your soil, etc .... it is better to water DEEPLY and infrequently.. rather than otherwise ....

sounds like you have a great collection going.. keep up the good work ...

ken
lkz5ia
13 years ago
In years past, I would have to water alot of trees when its dark outside, to escape the sun's punishment. Having a good headlamp made it easy to do.
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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
13 years ago
Our watering gets done at about quarter til dawn, lol.

Ken, a gallon of water can be entirely sufficient for a small transplant, and make the difference between alive or dead.
aquilachrysaetos
13 years ago
Just a gallon for a new tree would never do for my garden. My soil is light with almost sharp drainage. I have to lay a hose by and let it trickle for 4 hours minimum. Otherwise the soil dries so fast the tree can hardly get a sip. Most trees get their turn with a 24 hour dribble. My young trees look greener and fresher than most in my area.

My time to look at my trees is in the morning. I admire and sniff -yes I sniff them -and listen to the wind whispering through them. Each kind has its own special scent. I also examine leaves, flowers and bark.
whaas_5a
13 years ago
What a nasty summer we are all having...flooding rains, hot humid weather beyond normals and those pesky mesquitos. I'm swarmed by them if I stay in one spot for more than a few seconds...a few more and they'd lift me away!

My transplants this year:
A. griseum - western exposure, doing ok
C. carolinia - east/south exposure, not so hot
C. kousa - south expsoure, doing ok
T. tomentosa - all exposure, not so hot
Q. bicolor - all exposure, doing ok

Notice that I don't have a single tree doing good!?!
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13 years ago
whaas, you're having it rough up there! How's it been, mostly hot and dry lately?

In St. Louis thanks to our humidity we usually get a few pop up afternoon showers to soften the impact of the heat on the soil. They've been avoiding my zip code the last few weeks while I get wet at work lol.

For the two or three foot tall trees I plant the gallon every three days seems to keep them kicking. Moistens the soil, lets it dry out. Keeps them from being too dependent on me also! Perhaps its the clay under my top soil. Maybe its the way my yard is the lower half of this long slope, who knows.

I hear you Ken, the all do have a season and last year the Beech looked good into August and ok afterwards so I was thrilled. About a week ago it started to look like crud and soil moisture was still acceptable. Leaves burning off and all, I knew it was in a sunnier site than suggested, thought I'd get lucky with being a bit damper than most since it also looked good last year.

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