Sugar Maple diagnosis requested.
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Drought tolerance ranking requested.
Comments (15)Njoasis: Yes, we DO need to understand which trees are drought tolerant. In 2002 wife and I had our house built on 16 acres about 15 miles north of Winchester, and I started planting trees. There was not a one here then. I have about 120 varieties, and something like 700 individual trees planted. This is a drought area. July rainfall averages about 2.8 inches, and it seems like every other year--or more often--we have 30 day rainless periods. Last year we went 38 days! But right here we have good deep soils, with the rooting zone going down 50 to in some places about 70 inches, so just about any tree, after it is well established, can survive droughts. Two years ago we were in the official "extreme" category. So I need to know as much as I can about which trees can withstand some drought, especially the younger ones. This year I planted 270 trees, and in the two years before that anoher 100 or so, so I need to do a lot of watering. I can't water everything, and when it gets really, really dry, some of the older ones--those in the ground for 4 years or more--show stress. So it is very important to me to know just what might need watering. Right now I have 600 feet of hose strung out, and a lot of trees I water with plastic one-gallon jugs that I carry in my suburban, and then hand carry to the little trees. Yes, I saw the disagreement about Taxodium and Metasequoia. I have both here. One good thing about Taxodium is that it gives a good warning when it is under stress--its leaves begin turning brown and dropping off long before it will die. Two years ago I thought one might have been a goner, but it turned out to be just fine after I gave it a good soaking. Losing its leaves is a protection mechanism. As for the metasequoia, they are a bit younger and I don't have as much experience. Will they give me fair warning?? Anyway, two years ago in the extreme drought, the older one did very well. But I have seen some planted in other places with severe dieback that year, that I assume--I really don't know--was from the drought. Maybe this year I have been more careful to water the other one, in the ground 4 years, than I have to be--I wish I knew. --spruce...See MoreHoney Chipotle Pecans (per request)
Comments (43)ttodd - take a ride over to 9th St. (Italian Mkt). There's a great spice store, The Spice Corner, which is about 2 blocks north of Claudio's. She has a huge selection of every spice, tea, etc. you could want for. I buy all of my spices there. Some of the more popular spices are pre-bagged, but for the most part, they bag the exact amount you need so that you don't have spices sitting around losing their flavor. Just made a trip last week for my chipoltle powder, ancho chili powder and some Herbs de Provence for Thanksgiving. I heard the owner telling an out-of-towner that they have a webiste, but that it really isn't reflective of the array of items the store carries, and the prices aren't kept current. The owner does such a huge walk-in business on 9th that the webiste isn't a priority, and I get the impression that she doesn't pay much attention to keeping it current. I've purchsed some things from Penzeys too, but since I am in the city often, I just make a side trip over to 9th, picking up this and that for dinner or entertaining. I like buying my spices as I need them so they're as fresh as possible....See MoreAcer triflorum seedling diagnosis
Comments (6)Of the trees I've grown from seed, maples seem the most temperamental as a genus. In the lower-right you can see one of my Trident maples, which recovered from losing its top, and is now growing nicely again. The A. palmatum at the top has similar leaf damage to the triflorum. You can possibly see on the far left of the pic, that I put some row cover outside the fence (the seedlings are fenced in to keep deer and critters away) on the south side to "cut" the intensity of the sun in the mid afternoon....See MoreSugar maple slow in leafing out?
Comments (19)Thanks mntg! That's nice to know. I just happened to run across one of my friends that particular day and he offered that we go over to his dads old place and look for a tree. The larger trees were starting to turn colors but the smaller ones, under that canopy, weren't. I realized by the way the leaves wilted a few days after transplanting, without any color change, that I possibly could lose this tree. Then because I had trouble with some of my other trees getting planted too deep, I disturbed this one again last spring by raising it a few inches in the hole. That starch testing is interesting. I've read that sugars can also be tested for sugar content of the sap so you can know how good of a syrup maker it will be. But this tree is just for a specimen in my back yard so nbd. There was no sign of any new buds coming onto this tree after the spring buds leafed out. Makes me wonder if Sugar maples make their buds in the fall for the following year. I read some scientific explanation of how certain trees decide the year before, how much they will grow the following year but can't remember what it's called right now. There were some of the buds that swelled and then withered, like the tree decided what it could support and what it couldn't. I didn't fertilize it at all until early summer, thinking I could coax extra leaves to flush but not a sign of an extra bud or any further growth. Your winter last season sound similar to what we had around Wadena. A fair amount of snow that disappeared by January. One thing is for certain, this has been one tough tree. :-) The leaves are leathery and dark green. Hopefully it's all down hill from here. Now if a squirrel with a sweet tooth doesn't take a liking to it, it should be okay. Edit: I have a silty sand soil btw....See MoreUser
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