Marica they are fantastic! I am so excited for you. Thong Tonnam has one of the most robust and juicy looking leaves of all the Dino plants. Really nice selection you made. Everything Rick has stated here I am 100% in agreeance with him. You won't want to graft onto these plants or prune them because it would destroy the natural form of this beauty.

If you want to begin experimenting with wire perhaps try just doing a center branch and see how it goes. Experiments are how we learn. I am also eager to try some grafting this summer but I will stick with using seedlings for that.

They can grow faster in extreme warm conditions, so once the weather permits you can move them outdoors and then acclimate them to the sun.

Tracy

I have not got update photo's yet, But don't like the fabric pots these are in. When I got them in April I just potted up to the dirt line. My goal is to have raised flat out roots. So when I repot them (for beauty sake only) do I do anything to the roots at this time. Dino has trimmed them for this already. When do you start spreading them out. I think I just need to leave them alone for months and let the roots get bigger under ground before I try to spread them. What do you think?

Marcia, I think leaving them a bit longer would be good, but I would repot into the pots of choice a few months before you need to move inside. I think you move inside there? This way the trees will have time to settle into new pots and put on new roots prior to moving in.

Have the trees leaved out?

When I did this with my first tree from Dino. I put a small piece of masking tape w a number on it (1-4), took photo's and sent them to Dino. They sent back photo w arrows showing which to cut (if needed) and method for preparation of roots when replanting.

It makes it a lot easier and once you have done it, you will feel more confident the next time.

Rick

I thought I should wait. As you have said they are robust is leafing out. That is a good idea about where to trim. I will ask when that time is near.

Hello Marica! I was wondering how's your TTs are doing? Here's the one you sent me, (THANK YOUUUU!). It took a while for it to firm up, but we're finally growing! He sits on a plastic dome that fit perfectly under the roots. i love the color of the coudex, and I believe he is the one on a left on your picture? I'd like to see his siblings pls! I'm sure they look amazing :)

Elena mine softened slightly because they needed more water. They have really leafed out. I will post a pic soon. We are on the edge of a forest fire so they are indoors right now. Too smoky with ash. I will post a pic soon. One of my others may bloom for the first time. I have never seen a live flower.

Nine are slow to leaf out. It is only been

Yours is the smaller one on the left in the first pic.

Looking great there ladies! I hope your Thong Tonnams bring you as much joy as mine does for me. My TT has doubled in size since arriving at my place last year. Getting ready to put on a spectacular show of blooms.

Tracy

Tracy pic please when they bloom :-)

I just got a lot of buds on one of my other plants, My husband and watch them closely. Don't want to miss them. Not sure how long from bud to bloom. Never seen a flower in real life. It feels silly to watch these the way we do.

You think just watching them is silly! I talk to mine. I told them today that it was going to be very cold tonight and to be brave that the rain would be over in a few days. I will post a photo when the blooms open, looking forward to seeing yours too Marica.

Tracy

They look good Marica! Can't wait to see how's blooms look like!

Hello I knocked one one of my TT's over. There did not seem to be many feeder roots growing. Are they that slow? You can see the leaves which are also slow. Dino's are bushy with growth because of his area. They are having a lot of rain this season and I have heard about a lot of rot from a couple of the breeders.

I usually evaluate the leaf status to determine how advanced the root establishment may be. Also I peak at the roots constantly, this is one of the reasons I like to top dress with coir cubes. No leaves, probably no roots either. What kind of light are they getting Marica?

They are in cheap thin fabric pots. The leave you see above look fine. I water a little every day. I also mist in the afternoon. They have sun from 9am till 6pm. I have had to move my new plants into semi shade. It is hot today 100 and humidity is 15. Maybe the thin pots get to hot and dry very fast. The only plant I have that is blooming is in a plastic pot.

This getting dry and rewetting frequently is good. It will establish the roots nicely. I think the blooming plant in the plastic pot is only a coincidence. If you can Marica take a picture so we can see the leaves and how they have progressed since early July. I think we will find that they are just fine but a photo is definitely better for us to provide advice.

I just watered these. The leaves seem to me more then the above pic. IMHO The roots just have not changed since the very first pic.

They look very good to me, Marica. The fine feeder roots can take some time to regrow. With the leaf that you have there and all healthy. you are doing really well with them.

Rick

Ditto to what Rick said. They look great. You are doing a fine job.