BonsaiGrove
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If you don’t mind me asking, why do you think it died? How do you overwinter it?
Have you seen a Desmodium unifoliatum for sale anywhere in the US?
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penumbra
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I don't think you can let them go dry.
vp999
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I think I didn’t water enough, me being a noob thinking that since it was inside under grow light it didn’t need watering that much, I was watering it once a week and didn’t even do it correctly.
BrianBay9
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I know these are tropicals, but does anyone have experience with their minimum temperature tolerance?
BonsaiGrove
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Ah I see. Easy to do. I have quantum board LEDs in grow tents and the temps get up to the low 80s when the lights are on.... if I don’t water within 2 hours of the lights turning on some of my trees start to droop. It’s ridiculous. I water every day during winter which is super tedious but I’ve just accepted my fate lol
LittleDingus
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lol...I broke one of mine already! And I've only had them since September!
Can you see the new growth? Is it obvious enough?
Yep...that top left branch brand is new since I received these. Those are 3" spikes! Even the spikes have spikes!
The others I ordered seem to have a more sane growth pattern so far.
All of them are under lights in a southeast facing window. The one with the huge spikes is the only one that has not been repotted out of the nursery soil yet. I had offered one to my daughter when I ordered them and she, of course, chose that one
She just hasn't gotten around to repotting it yet...or taking over its care. It's conveniently sitting right next to the others so I just watch over it for now.
Oh, and didn't realize these were close cousins to the weeds whose seeds get tangled up in my socks every time I walk in the woods and that have to be picked out one by one because they grip so tight they don't wash out. Don't tell me wife!
Can you see the new growth? Is it obvious enough?
Yep...that top left branch brand is new since I received these. Those are 3" spikes! Even the spikes have spikes!
The others I ordered seem to have a more sane growth pattern so far.
All of them are under lights in a southeast facing window. The one with the huge spikes is the only one that has not been repotted out of the nursery soil yet. I had offered one to my daughter when I ordered them and she, of course, chose that one
She just hasn't gotten around to repotting it yet...or taking over its care. It's conveniently sitting right next to the others so I just watch over it for now.Oh, and didn't realize these were close cousins to the weeds whose seeds get tangled up in my socks every time I walk in the woods and that have to be picked out one by one because they grip so tight they don't wash out. Don't tell me wife!
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CasAH
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Dry them on hot the seeds fall off much easier that way.
Cable
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Welcome to the dark side.
penumbra
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HAHA! I didn't really think you would make it 'till spring.
Being bored at work more often than not, results in boxes showing up on my doorstep.
penumbra
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OK, come clean Carol. What else is in that box you are expecting?
Hee, hee, maybe a couple of other things. Trying to be economical and get the most for the cost of shipping.
penumbra
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I do the same thing. And you don't want those little plants to get lonely.
vp999
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So after I started this thread a couple years ago, I am currently the owner of a few nice Desmodiums, Will post some pics this spring.
vp999
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So...we had a crazy freeze around Christmas and my heated greenhouse got down below freezing for a few hours, most of my tiger bark ficus got lots of damage but the desmodiums seemed to be ok, they are a lot tougher than I thought.
namnhi
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vp999
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Thanks for reminding me...Gonna have my lawyer contacting them Monday lol. Funny because I made this post when I first started in the hobby and now I have several nice ones, more and more are available now. The tree I bought in this thread died that year, I kept it inside and the heat dried it out. It was a nice tree too .
namnhi
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Yeah that is a very nice one. Trees don't grow indoors.
vp999
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I didnt have choice then , it was winter and before I built a greenhouse. Lesson learned for sure.
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