Need help--Espaliered Tree gone wild!
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Plums Gone Wild!
Comments (4)I have a feeling if you chopped out 90% of the trees you would just provoke them to send out a ton of new suckers. What I would do is trade for scion wood http://www.nutgrowing.org/scion.htm or buy some from a place like this http://www.masonvilleorchard.com/scionwood.htm then I would top work all 9 trunks using a grafting method like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpgbpbewU3E then you would have fruit in just a couple of years from the new grafts and could still keep the original fruit tree and the roots of the others. With vigorous rootstock they always come back when you cut them down to one stock. If any of the grafts did not take I would then cut that stock out. Do you know what plum they are? The root stock sound like American plums http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CDgQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ag.ndsu.edu%2Ftrees%2Fhandbook%2Fth-3-39.pdf&ei=kbg7VMPvJqf28QH3yYHYCA&usg=AFQjCNG_4yacSh8idfYdggUukUGd_1tMcg...See MoreCuttings gone wild!
Comments (23)Ha Ha......those cuttings sure have gone wild!!! Dennis, what you have pictured is what we fig rooters call "Porcupine Roots". That type of root system often develops in the air immediately above a rooting mix that the fig cutting finds OFFENSIVE. On the other hand, whenever you place fig cuttings in a rooting mix that they REALLY LOVE.......like perlite/UPM......what you get are what we fig rooters call "Monster Roots". ..........just kidding. Thanks for posting those pictures. I've seen these kinds of massive air roots before. Recently I planted a neglected Smith tree that was given to me. It came from the original source of this cultivar. It was just place in a container by the previous owner with only some potting soil put on top of the roots. I loped off the top half of the tree and planted it in the ground. I removed all of the leaves from the cut off portion, and chopped it into cuttings. All wood was old wood with VERY LITTLE pith in the center. When I rooted those cuttings, they literally exploded with roots all along the cutting length.....with more roots than I've ever seen any any fig twig. Maybe this happened because sap was flowing when the cuttings were taken or maybe it is because the wood was old wood with nearly no pith. I've rooted lots of Smith before and have not seen this. Time will tell if I ever find a pattern to this type of root formation. Dan...See Moredancing ladies gone wild!
Comments (28)Oh Marion, I haven't been a wild dancing lady since ......... well, never. lol. If you are able to pot me one, that would be great!! Maybe I can find something on my poor neglected shelf for you when I take a day and divide/repot. Mrs. Wallisadi, thank you for posting the information. I'm going to use that when I do repot. Ginny...See MoreNutsedge Gone Wild!
Comments (9)Well, yay! I just discovered this forum and will be seeking help quite often. Here's another problem: Crepe Myrtles and other shrub and plant leaves covered with black sooty mold (or so I am guessing). The leaves are unsightly and this has been an ongoing problem for several years. The black sticky mess is on boxwoods, sweet olive and yaupon. There are also white flies. I probably have 40 trees and about as many shrubs affected. I have used different sprays such as Malathion, a different chemical I cannot recall, and repeated the treatments every 2 weeks, but there's no discernible improvement....See Moresoccakath
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