young 6' weeping red bud, top cut off
Ktktw
3 years ago
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Comments (22)Kevin, Your post is probably not in the best thread and maybe not even really in the best forum. You posted into someone else's thread that was about how to tell if there tree was dead. When posting a fairly unrelated question, request, or idea, you'll usually get more response if you start a new thread. Another advantage is that responses to your post will go to you instead of the person that started the original thread. Also, you might be more likely to get a response to a request for seeds in the Seed Exchange Forum. I really wish that there was some type of woody plant material exchange page, but unfortunately there's not. Another thing you may want to consider is that redbuds aren't as easy to grow from seed as many plants. The seeds are double dormant so require scarification and stratification for best results. You can grow them from seed if you are really determined to do so, but it's probably much easier just to buy one. This will also allow you to purchase a superior cultivar if desired and get a couple of years head start on growth....See Moreyoung Eden - thickest canes split lenghtwise at joint - cut off?
Comments (4)Hmm.. while last winter almost did not happen - the lowest temperatures we had were probably 15F, once every couple of years we do get a winter with some February nights below 0F. So I wouldn't say Eden is cane hardy where I live, at least not on those cold years I think. I've only read on forums that some people manage to grow it here but for how long - I don't know. So you are saying I will be growing this rose for a while and then one spring it just won't return. You are probably right.. It's not likely to ever get large. Yes, I have been tracking shadow cast by trees, there is also a garage there which casts shade. I'd probably plant it 2-3' from the canopies then and support it with a simple obelisk rather than worry about a pergola there :-) I actually thought duct-taping the canes wouldn't work, I assumed it wouldn't heal since it's hard wood. Unfortunately, I have no experience growing roses at all. I think I'll try it, though, and see what happens. If it's only a matter of time before the rose dies in the winter, it doesn't matter much anyway, plus there won't be much of the heavyweight growth above the crack. Thanks for the reality check :-) Anna...See Moreto prune this young Red Maple?
Comments (9)Sky, no, tree parts are not lifted upwards as the tree grows. New growth is always issuing forth from where the previous year's growth ended. I think you can safely just plant it for now, retaining as much life-giving foliage as possible to get it over transplant shock. Then in a year or two, given that RM grow fast, begin to gradually "raise it up" meaning remove a low branch or two each growing season to raise the point at which branching starts. Then there's the whole "subordination pruning" thing, whereby branches that are competing for main leader status are shortened back to an outward facing branchlet, thereby reducing their vigor and allowing the one you have selected to be the main leader to retain its dominance. This works extremely well. We do it with thousands of young trees every year. It is the preeminent means of structurally pruning young shade trees. BTW, within subordination pruning, you are sometimes heading back branches that are in fact temporary branches. They will be coming of at the trunk eventually. This tech is a way to leave them on the tree longer, thus helping to supply photosynthesis for the tree as a whole. And obviously in this case, where and how the pruning cuts are made is slightly less critical than it would be when performed on what will be a permanent part of the tree's structure. Feel free to holler back if this isn't clear. +oM...See Moretempted to cut back a few of my young fig trees
Comments (2)thanks for the feed back herman. most of the trees i lost this winter were improved celeste although a black mission, golden celeste, kodata, native black, and a few others. the results of seeing the new grow from young trees that died during the winter still amazes me. my thoughts are that if roots supported the tree although dormat til it died, then topping it in the fall and allowing the roots to force its energy downward during the winter. come spring a healthier root system that slept during the winter without nurturing a tree should be able to really force its energy upward into a faster growing tree. i fertilized in early spring to prevent tender growth from going into the winter. i have a few young trees that i may try this with in the fall. i will compare them to the others not cropped and comppare their growth in the spring. it's a good way not to worry about your tree dieing in the winter if it isn't there. we shall see....See MoreKtktw
3 years ago
Thank you, here is a photo. I think the graft is at the bottom, if you can see the burr near the ground.
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3 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
3 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
3 years ago
thats a stake pounded into the ground with another stake wired to it.. lol .. i was definitely winging it back then .. lol ...
and this was .. not re-tying it often enough ... lol ...
too bad digital cameras werent what they are todayken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
3 years ago
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