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(Last) Update on the trunk cut Trachys(-:

13 years ago

Remember these poor guys?

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Here they are 'today'7-7-10

First 2 are Fortunei,last one is Fortxwag

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Comments (5)

tropicalzone7
13 years ago
They look great! I wouldnt have guessed they were decapitated 3 months ago! And I forget, what was the mimimal temperature these saw? Were these the ones who saw -3F in its protection one day? Im sure the heat played a huge part in its recovery!
Thanks for giving us updates!
Good luck!
-Alex
brooklyngreg
13 years ago
You really saved all of them. I think each of them deserves Christmas lights this winter.

Hey Jim, just a note and what are your thoughts on a heatwave like this. We are in a crazy heatwave over here on the east coast after a really great june. My palms are thriving but I am fighting off the dryness of a 100 plus degree heat island effect. At night we hover in the 80s and break 90 around 9:30 AM which leaves the entire day with burning sun. Its suppose to end by Saturday - we'll see.
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jimhardy
Original Author
13 years ago
Epic

Especially after all the friggin Nor'easters you guys saw over winter!

The weather patterns are pretty locked up just like they were over winter.

You guys bake in heat and we drown in heavy rainfall and a tropical air-mass,we are in a similar warm air-mass here except that it flows straight out of the gulf of Mexico,as I mentioned yesterday,even though the sun was only out for 2 hours(or less) we still hit 91,with oppressive humidity.

The interesting thing about this,is that there is still cool air lurking about poised to strike,you guys could see this pattern reload over and over or get hit by Canandian high pressure and not get out of the 70s.

I guess we know which one of those scenarios is happening(-;
Wish we could share some of this rain!
jaynboro
13 years ago
how tall were they last year? did you have to cut a lot of trunk to find healthy growth? thats awesome....i didnt know you could do that. great job!
jimhardy
Original Author
13 years ago
The Fortunei in the middle saw -3 for sure.

Here's what the Fortunei in the first picture looked like last year,it was just starting to take off!)-: I'm just glad it's still alive-

BTW-
you can also see the trunk cut Fortxwag in this picture

Here's the Fortxwag in the last picture-last year-

They should replace their lost leaves but the big ones lost some serious trunkage!

I don't have a picture of the middle one.

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