RickMartin
Omono
It is pushing candles though
Rick
Rick
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Pssst....
Switch your info!
Sorce
Switch your info!
Sorce
RickMartin
Omono
I cant figure out how on my phone and i dont have my laptop here.
Rick
Rick
RickMartin
Omono
Ha finally figured it out
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
You should be able to click your name and hit the personal details joint.
Sorce
Sorce
RickMartin
Omono
Now i will feed and water this guy this growing season and see if he makes it here or not..If it starts to decline Mike will be getting a tree shipped
to him
Rick
to him
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Shoulda left it in Clio!
Clio to Mio....$5. Or a couple hours...
Declined tree in the mail....dead!
You rocking all the stuff you can down on the hot!
Priceless!
Sorce
RickMartin
Omono
Left in Clio-Dead so i thought i would at least try. I know thats what i get for thinking
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Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Do you mean you obtained a Mugo? Where is down here? Did I miss something again? Wouldn't be the first time.
RickMartin
Omono
I had a mugo..i live in texas now and i brought it with me as well as my junipers..i bought the mugo in michigan though.
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Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Oh I see. If you can provide shade for the tree during the hottest part of the day and mist the pot it should be OK. You probably wont find them there, though I have found Mugos in the high desert in Colorado.
RickMartin
Omono
Its very healthy, candles extended and needles are starting to show. Shade is not a problem, i hhave pleanty of that. I mist lightly 4-5 times a day
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RickMartin
Omono
And your right..no one sells them here.. I can get my hands on all the ash junipers i want, but thats a different catagory.
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RickMartin
Omono
Should i stay on the same schedule of after fathers day to do anything to the tree.
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Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
What do you need to do? If you are talking about repotting wait tilll the needles are fully open and extended, July is probably correct.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
@Vance Wood .
Welcome to today!
I'm going to have more posts than you tonight and I was down by 115 earlier today!
Fucking Supreme Net Bonsai Wanker!
Sorce
Welcome to today!
I'm going to have more posts than you tonight and I was down by 115 earlier today!
Fucking Supreme Net Bonsai Wanker!
Sorce
RickMartin
Omono
Yeah just a repot from nursey pot to a colunder and prune some branches to give the trunk some light
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Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I've never thought about how many posts I have on the site, I only think about the contribution.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
You may enjoy my most recent contribution.....
It's about the contribution!
It's kind of like a video game to my young ass!
But more than wanting more likes than posts.....
I want us making dope ass trees!
When there are a whole train full of Mugos.....and Mugos going to Texas with love....and Mugos the first pine love for someone.....and Mugos where they are abundant watching you do Mugos...and Mugos on rocks....and Mugos from crevices.....a hundred Mugos in good trash cans, with the good lids, cuz someone repotted before fathers day......
That's when you know you've contributed..
That's why we respect you Vance!
Sorce
Leo in N E Illinois
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San Antonio - July is HOT, and DRY. I would avoid repotting during the most brutal part of the year. I think where you are at you should move up the schedule. In IL and MI, the middle of June is about 1 to 2 months after the last frosts. After the apple trees are done blooming, but before cherries and early stone fruit are ripe. San Antonio is probably one to two months ahead in the season. I would probably repot in April or May, as Vance suggested when needles are fully open and extended.
OR - I would wait and repot after the weather has begun to cool, late August or September. In San Antonio, find out when you get your first frosts, as long as you repot 2 months ahead of first frosts you will probably be okay. Your winters are quite mild. This autumn repotting might be better than any other time. I believe some years San Antonio does not go much below 32 F all winter. In a very mild winter climate, autumn repotting might be a much better choice.
If you can, give the tree a year to adjust to Texas weather before repotting. The tree might be better off, and it will give you some time to get familiar with exactly how the weather typically runs through the year. In San Antonio it makes a difference if you are in the "hills" or down low. Two fairly different micro-climates.
I've only visited San Antonio once, but I worked one year in Dallas, and the summer is brutal. Factory was not air conditioned, fortunately the lab was. I know how the heat affected me, I can't imaging trying to keep a tree hydrated after cutting off roots just before the heat of summer. The more I think about it, the more I think a late summer - early autumn repotting schedule might work better for many species in that climate.
There is a bonsai nursery in Austin, and a pretty active bonsai community. Seek them out, and find out what locals do for their trees. Granted they will be talking about different species, but they will be able to let you know how trees respond to the brutal summer heat and drought. I forget the name of the nursery, anyone out there can help?
