Oddly_Aude
Mame
There was one more growing next to him that I'm going back to get.
I feel like he has potential with proper care.
He's even budding out!
I'm just kind of excited about my sweet gum- Liquidambar styraciflua yamadori He's been holding up pretty well since I collected him.
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There was one more growing next to him that I'm going back to get.
I feel like he has potential with proper care.
He's even budding out!
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
We’ve got significant cold weather headed our way in the next week. Hope this is being kept frost free. Also. I would avoid the impulse to collect another right now. See how this one goes for at least a year. Initial budding IS NOT the best evidence a tree has “made it through”. It can result from stored internal in the trunk not from new root growth
It has been too cold for much of any root growth for the last month
Also liquidambar is notoriously finicky about root reduction timing.
Oddly_Aude
Mame
Huh. Didn't think about it that way. I wish I had a year, but my parents are likely going to sell the property this year. I'm definitely going to wait longer though.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Once liquidambar has leaf edges visible on buds or leaves just beginning to open they can get touchy.
I understand the impulse to collect stuf before you lose access. Problem is you can wind up killing two trees instead of one. It’s not an easy decision. If I were you I’d wait until the beginning of March and the the weather turns a bit warmer and is better for root development. Any soil temp under 40 or so and roots don’t do much
I’d also skip the liquidambar and look for more easily collected species like hornbeam to maximize what you can get out alive before the sale
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