Shogun610
Masterpiece
Nice work M8 , awesome use of your surroundings
Beech hedge, 60+ years old
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FinnLakk
Yamadori
Entirely forgot about this thread, will get some updates up over the weekend of what's left.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
you got some big lumps there! this one has massive potential if you can get it healthy first then try layering at either of the two points
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FinnLakk
Yamadori
Thankfully that's one of the ones that's still alive! Thriving, not so much
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FinnLakk
Yamadori
I've had one hell of a year and it's not been a great one for my trees, especially not these beech.
I've not had nearly enough time to properly look after any of my trees let alone freshly collected ones. I have learned a lot about the layout of my new property and just how unprotected the majority of it is from the wind and how damaging that can be, nothing has been fertilized as much as it should have been which i'm sure is a large factor in how badly these trees have fared.
Unfortunately there are only two left, and I am not convinced they are going to make it through the winter.
The long branches were left as a sap flow, had lovely green leaves on it for most of the year but in the past month or so the heat and the wind has been savage and all leaves left for sap flow have crisped up and as you can maybe tell by the colour of them, seemed to have died right back to the main trunk, very small amount of green left on it and no sign of next seasons buds being formed, and no lignification.
This one has done which I was surprised about as it was one of two that was left with entirely no sap flow. I don't believe that is a "healthy" amount of leaves for a collected beech to have this late in the season, no signs of lignification yet however there are signs of next seasons buds forming. I am unsure when in the season beech switch to working on vascular growth but there is not much sign of root growth in the basket, if it was not tied to the side of the garage it would most certainly cowp over.
For reference all of the beech trees and hedges in the local area have already lignified this years growth and next seasons bud are firmly in place.
It is a disappointing result that is for sure but as mentioned initially this hedgerow was destined for a bonfire as my brother would rather have a driveway than a hedgerow for some reason. I did my best but life did sure fuckin throw me some curveballs this year. It saddens me that I haven't managed to keep them going as I have since found out that my grandfather first planted these as young saplings in 1955.
What do we think nutters? Do I have any hope to get these through the winter?
I've not had nearly enough time to properly look after any of my trees let alone freshly collected ones. I have learned a lot about the layout of my new property and just how unprotected the majority of it is from the wind and how damaging that can be, nothing has been fertilized as much as it should have been which i'm sure is a large factor in how badly these trees have fared.
Unfortunately there are only two left, and I am not convinced they are going to make it through the winter.
The long branches were left as a sap flow, had lovely green leaves on it for most of the year but in the past month or so the heat and the wind has been savage and all leaves left for sap flow have crisped up and as you can maybe tell by the colour of them, seemed to have died right back to the main trunk, very small amount of green left on it and no sign of next seasons buds being formed, and no lignification.
This one has done which I was surprised about as it was one of two that was left with entirely no sap flow. I don't believe that is a "healthy" amount of leaves for a collected beech to have this late in the season, no signs of lignification yet however there are signs of next seasons buds forming. I am unsure when in the season beech switch to working on vascular growth but there is not much sign of root growth in the basket, if it was not tied to the side of the garage it would most certainly cowp over.
For reference all of the beech trees and hedges in the local area have already lignified this years growth and next seasons bud are firmly in place.
It is a disappointing result that is for sure but as mentioned initially this hedgerow was destined for a bonfire as my brother would rather have a driveway than a hedgerow for some reason. I did my best but life did sure fuckin throw me some curveballs this year. It saddens me that I haven't managed to keep them going as I have since found out that my grandfather first planted these as young saplings in 1955.
What do we think nutters? Do I have any hope to get these through the winter?
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Absolutely a chance. BUUUT, for next time, make sure you use a somewhat larger pot. This is really too small to provide enough water in the pot. These pond baskets dry out way to quick. Now, for this winter, I would avoid letting it get deep frost.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Its definitely not a fert issue. as with many of these collection threads, hardly anyone ever shows how much roots the trees were lifted with, so hard to put a finger on exactly, it can be a combo of things. likely not enough roots and drying out very quickly in the air baskets. air baskets are a bad choice if youre not gonna be around to keep them from drying out. I lost a privet once in an air basket, never used them again.
FinnLakk
Yamadori
There was very little root, I can't recall exactly with these two that are left but i know out of the 18 i dug these two had less feeder roots than most of them. My watering is the one thing I have been able to keep on top of this year, they did get a feed a month after collect and maybe somewhere in June.
I get on quite well with the pond baskets as we do get a lot of rain here, I've lost more trees to "overwatering" just due to the amount of rain. however if I had more time to prep before collecting these I would have gone with a larger container.
Touch wood everythings a lot more settled in my life again now and I am currently studying horticulture which i'm hoping will also give me a better understanding of everything I am doing. Next year will be a better year for all of my trees, and these two aswell fingers crossed
leatherback
The Treedeemer
I am learning more and more every day. And this type of media is unlike regular communication. It is about grabbing attention in the first 10-30 seconds, evoking emotion. And building an audience that will watch whatever content you push out. And as soon as you have something (Like my maple cuttings video) that is just outside the core of your audience and goes viral, you need a looong time to get YT to understand which part of the viewers they should serve your video to. Really odd way of doing videos!
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
FinnLakk
Yamadori
leatherback
The Treedeemer
whaat.. how did that happen!I was like hold on a min, whut
Guessing this was meant for your YT thread mate!
Yeah, it was. Shoop
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Some nice starter trees here however seriously doubt these 60 years old. Tools needed: two sturdy FRIENDS, Sharp shovel, Two very sharp pruning saws for roots and upper trees, plastic garbage bags, non alcoholic hydration for trees and humans Would highly recommend friends doing ALL back work or you may be handicapped/paralyzed for life
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FinnLakk
Yamadori
Definitely a lot of things I would do differently given the opportunity to do them again, but hey, that's what lifes about you live and you learn.Some nice starter trees here however seriously doubt these 60 years old. Tools needed: two sturdy FRIENDS, Sharp shovel, Two very sharp pruning saws for roots and upper trees, plastic garbage bags, non alcoholic hydration for trees and humans Would highly recommend friends doing ALL back work or you may be handicapped/paralyzed for life
As mentioned in my most recent post I have since found out that my grandfather planted this hedgerow when they first moved into that property in 1955, so they are actually closer to 70 now than 60.
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