Cathedral Elm

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Buy the Ginkgo too!

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[M. Frary]

So do I have to cover the whole pot in mulch? I've also heard about people keeping bonsai in the garage, would that work or do they need light in the winter?

One full sized tree like that,I would just dig a hole and bury the bucket then mulch over the soil in the bucket. It will be fine.

 

[ForrestGump]

Sorry to be difficult, My roommate doesn't want me digging a hole in the yard lol. Would the garage work? If not I will mulch the whole thing lol. I have a few other trees I was wondering about keeping in the garage for the worst of the winter (jap maple, juniper, Ash, catalpa, lilac). Anybody have knowledge of this?

I dont want to lose my babies because i didnt protect them! I have always left them in the clay pots on my patio. But i now have a larger variety of outdoor trees that I'm unsure about. The catalpa has made it 3 winters unprotected. I would assume the juniper could stay out?

Thanks guys for all the help so far!

 

[M. Frary]

Would the garage work

If it fits under the roof. Just make sure your trees out there don't dry out.

I dont want to lose my babies because i didnt protect them!

Take it from me. There are worse things that can happen to your trees in winter than the cold.
Four legged creatures. I leave my trees out here in winter. In an enclosure to keep out rabbits and deer. It's the little V.C. that got mine last year. Voles to be precise. Almost total decimation.
V.C. stands for the Varmint Cong. Just like the Viet Cong they're insidious. You don't know they're there until it's too late.

 

[ForrestGump]

I wonder if theres anything i could do to keep them out of the garage. I use hot shot pest strips for bugs and they work magic. But idk about rodents and such

 

[M. Frary]

I wonder if theres anything i could do to keep them out of the garage. I use hot shot pest strips for bugs and they work magic. But idk about rodents and such

I forget which member posted this but a mixture of peanut butter and concrete to kill them. GrimLore turned me onto a product that repels them called Molemax. Plus my enclosure will be a big cube built out of 2x4s and 1/4" hardware cloth.
A hungry garage Cat would work well too.

 

[ForrestGump]

A cat! Perfect lol

 

[ForrestGump]

I just thought about this....my prickly pear cactus has survived like 8 Michigan winters with no protection lol. Not sure if its relevant to trees but thought I'd share.

 

[Random User]

Forrest, I'm wondering if that is really a Cathedral Elm... it appears to me that it is a bud grafted tree... aren't CEs supposed to be on their own rootstock?... bear in mind that I could always be wrong. The only difference (over time) would be that it might be grafted onto an American Elm rootstock and what ever growth you'd have above and below the graft would be different.

 

[ForrestGump]

I guess I'm not sure lol

 

[Random User]

I really don't know for sure myself, I'd pretty much have to see them for myself... having said that, it really shouldn't matter anyway.

Did you buy both trees that you had mentioned?

 

[ForrestGump]

No I just bought the one. The other had horrible fungus gnats that I didn't feel like dealing with.

 

[Random User]

It's always interesting to see what the root system is like on some of these potted trees... I have always been more than a little surprised how good some of them look once they are bare-rooted... a lot of wild grown trees have poorer (lateral) root systems than nursery trees... I suspect that this might be due to the restriction on the taproot to continue going straight down (thus producing a "J" root) and encouraging good lateral root growth early on.

Anyway, good luck with your find... I'll be watching to see how your tree turns out.

 

[ForrestGump]

Thank you! I can't wait to chop this guy down lol