Maiden69
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That's what I am hoping for, to give it more stability and hopefully promote a better root spread I screwed a tile to the trunk. That should keep it planted in the bag.
Maiden's Cork Oak
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Maiden69
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I'm beginning to worry about this one, all the leaves in the tree dried out, but the branches still feel malleable. Buds did extend a little more but are stagnant at this moment. Hoping for it to start breaking buds so I can have some relief... I lost my liquidambar O, Nuccio Wild Cherry, all the encore azaleas (3 of them), my Chinese pistache, and it looks like my 3 mikawa Japanese black pines may be kicking the bucket as well. Most of their needles either died or are dying...
Housguy
Chumono
Bummer big time on losing those trees! Sorry Maiden. Good news, your oak stills sounds like it is alive, I have had cork oaks lose all there leaves before and they have come back strong as long your branches are still living and not dry and brittle.
Maiden69
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Thanks, the liquidambar was really coming along and I was getting ready to move it into a pot this spring to start developing secondaries. The bark was amazing for only 3 and a half years from a 4" pot that I received from Brent.
gooeytek
Shohin
oh no. what do you think happened?
Maiden69
Masterpiece
This one has not woken up yet, buds are slowly extending but I don't see any green yet. The branches are still supple, I can bend them over a 90 degree angle and they come back fine, not brittle at all. I'll continue waiting till July I guess.
Would it be wise to move it into the closet where I have the tropicals? It is hot in there but very humid... would that work? My patio barely gets more than 2 hours of direct sunlight from 5-7 pm, thinking maybe the lack of light is slowing it even more.
Would it be wise to move it into the closet where I have the tropicals? It is hot in there but very humid... would that work? My patio barely gets more than 2 hours of direct sunlight from 5-7 pm, thinking maybe the lack of light is slowing it even more.
Housguy
Chumono
I agree, the lack of light will slow it down and or cause the leaves to be bigger, but you wouldn't see that unless it was growing. Put it in a sunnier spot first, is the closet a spot where you use lights?
Maiden69
Masterpiece
Yes, I have quite a few lights there. I moved the tree last saturday to a location that gets a little more light, but it is not a lot...
GE BR30, GE PAR38, and one of the one below
namnhi
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You still bonsaiing in the closet?
Maiden69
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Yes, I'm staying in a first floor apartment, the ficus is the only tree semi resembling a bonsai on a pot... don't want it walking away. We all know this is not Japan. I'm moving the other ficus outside if I have to move this one inside. I have to repot them and the weather is getting nice for them outside, only issue is the lack of direct sunlight.
namnhi
Masterpiece
You will be happy to not have any direct sunlight in another few weeks. Am already feeling the heat when watering my trees around 4 or 5 pm.
Maiden69
Masterpiece
yeah, but I can already see the growth being subpar from what I was getting on my grow beds. Lot of leggy growth and huge leaves on all my gingkoes and elms. The BCs are SLOW, by this time last year they were full of leaves pushing new buds from the inside. I guess it is not entirely bad, because if I had that growth now I would run out of space in the little patio we have.
Maiden69
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Since my cork oak did not survive this winter due to not being able to provide proper winter care in the small patio or the apartment we are staying I contacted @Housguy and ordered 2 smaller trees. This will do fine once we move into the house at the end of the month since they will be protected over the winter in the garage, then ground-grown for a few years. They both arrived with a lot of brand new extensions, which I thought were not going to make it but they are hardening nicely.
A twin trunk
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And a single with decent movement, should soften up in a few years but a good start.
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A twin trunk
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And a single with decent movement, should soften up in a few years but a good start.
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Housguy
Chumono
Looking forward to the journey these two will take!
