vp999
Masterpiece
Picked up my Desmodium yesterday, had to do a quick pot change because the pot it was in wasn’t part of it. This pot is a little big but I will do a proper repot in the spring. Beautiful tree.
Have you seen a Desmodium unifoliatum for sale anywhere in the US?
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Forsoothe!
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I have a $25 one inbound from Weigert's that I'm pretty sure is going look just like that. Or maybe a little like that. Or not.
vp999
Masterpiece
Thats awesome !!! Are you going to grow it out or do a Shohin?
Also, from what I've learn from talking to people and online, this tropical plant is as easy as a ficus
Forsoothe!
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I hope so, I'm Mr. Ficus around here! I try to mature things I buy in the size I buy/acquire them.
Are you not worried about having it shipped now? Our 5 day forecast here is for lows in the teens and 20's.
Forsoothe!
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I have UPS'd bare root plants from Naples to myself many times in Jan, Feb & Mar. I ship on Mondays and it takes four or five days with no weekend delays. The packages go from warehouse to warehouse in one-day chunks of driving, and are transferred to a new vehicle overnight in a terminal. They spend the day in a trailer in the sun and overnight in a workspace suitable for people. I don't think the package ever gets much below 40°F. I have never lost a plant and usually butcher the plants to stuff as many as possible in with my dirty laundry.
When I do a bare root repot I wash the roots off, cut off the big anchor roots, dust heavily with rooting hormone, and put the whole wet shebang in a sealed plastic bag. That gives the chemicals a chance to do their stimulating and I'm not wiping the hormone off while situating them in the pot and they're never in stress of drying out because they're all wet. Sometimes I leave them in the bag for a week when I'm distracted, and that doesn't seem to matter. I think it's actually better. It works for me, so that's empirical evidence of something.
When I do a bare root repot I wash the roots off, cut off the big anchor roots, dust heavily with rooting hormone, and put the whole wet shebang in a sealed plastic bag. That gives the chemicals a chance to do their stimulating and I'm not wiping the hormone off while situating them in the pot and they're never in stress of drying out because they're all wet. Sometimes I leave them in the bag for a week when I'm distracted, and that doesn't seem to matter. I think it's actually better. It works for me, so that's empirical evidence of something.
Damn you @Forsoothe! I am trying to resist the temptation!
Forsoothe!
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I had to Email Weigert's and tell them to ship now and I accept full responsibility. Otherwise they would not ship until spring. No guts, no glory...
That explains it. They are very responsible. They babysat a tree for me for 9 weeks, until they felt it was safe to ship. Good luck, hope it arrives safely.
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
Here it is, on time and unfazed by 4 days in a box. It was well-packed in a good size box stuffed with Styrofoam peanuts and the soil/pot was tightly bound with stretch wrap, centered in the box so temperature changes would only occur slowly. There were no disconnected leaves in the box, which surprised me, but maybe these are tough plants! I'll give it a month to acclimate to my conditions before I put 3 lbs of wire on it.
vp999
Masterpiece
Niceeee..What did they charge for shipping that ?
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
$25 for the tree, $21.17 shipping.
vp999
Masterpiece
Thanks..thats not bad at all. BTW these young trees make great cascades and Penjing from what I've seen on youtube.
vp999
Masterpiece
Mine is currently has no leaves or flowers from being in the grow light the whole winter, still green under the bark though.
roberthu
Chumono
I received mine from Wigerts too just a week ago. Also a $25 material. It had some very light yellow leaves due to dark conditions during shipping but has since bounced back with very nice deep green foliage. Going to use the labor day to get it into a nicer looking pot and change to all akadama to reduce potential bug issues in the winter. Wife is going to kill me if I have those little flies in the house again
Forsoothe!
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I got a lot of flowers in several flushes this year (and lots of seed pods set, too!)...
The color is washed out here (as wet) and is much nicer baby blue in reality.
The color is washed out here (as wet) and is much nicer baby blue in reality.
armetisius
Chumono
Desmodium unifoliatum - Google Shopping
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Forsoothe!
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Google is the enemy. They redirect you to a seller advertising with them to the exclusion of what you intended. And this is one of the best examples of that I have ever seen. The logarithm sorted for synonyms, and defaulted to whatever was closest AND a vendor subscribing to Google services, directly or indirectly. They have become the Yellow Pages of today. This too, shall come to pass.
Cable
Omono
Just bought one of Wigert's $25 jobbers. Closer to $50 after shipping but I am highly intrigued by this tree that I didn't know existed ten minutes ago. Thanks a lot, BNutters.
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