Opinions on this spruce material

[potatofarmer]

Done with that one. geeze that was a lot of stuff to do.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

No worries!

Looking forward to seeing these trees progress.

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[August44]

The big yard spruce looks very sick to me.

 

[potatofarmer]

The big yard spruce looks very sick to me.

do u think it can recover?

There is quite a bit of new growth on the ones i took

I guess its turning out to be a boondoggle afterall. Lol

 

[potatofarmer]

second one. far from finished.. maybe the more aggressive repot wont be that bad since it looks like it's just waking up right now anyways.

it was VERY pot bound. maybe thats part of the reason why they look "sick"

 

[August44]

do u think it can recover?

There is quite a bit of new growth on the ones i took

I guess its turning out to be a boondoggle afterall. Lol

It might recover if you keep after it with whatever spray you might need to alleviate the problem, and if you don't mind looking at it in the meantime. Trees in that condition are hard to bring back to acceptable condition IMO.

 

[potatofarmer]

any opinions on this? i guess it's too sparse.

 

[potatofarmer]

It might recover if you keep after it with whatever spray you might need to alleviate the problem, and if you don't mind looking at it in the meantime. Trees in that condition are hard to bring back to acceptable condition IMO.

i sprayed it with lime sulphur. hopefully that fixes it.

 

[August44]

any opinions on this? i guess it's too sparse.

And you are quite correct, way to sparse, but as long as you are having fun and learning something it's ok. What is Lime Sulphur supposed to do and what are you trying to kill with it? Don't you live near a forest where you can go out and collect native trees. You say Vancouver. Is that Wa. or BC.?

 

[potatofarmer]

And you are quite correct, way to sparse, but as long as you are having fun and learning something it's ok. What is Lime Sulphur supposed to do and what are you trying to kill with it? Don't you live near a forest where you can go out and collect native trees. You say Vancouver. Is that Wa. or BC.?

needle cast. the way these were being grown did not seem good. all jammed together, no space at all.

 

[August44]

needle cast. the way these were being grown did not seem good. all jammed together, no space at all.

I looked up how to treat needle cast and the article mentions several well known fungicides that will do the job if you are persistent, and along with that, clean up any fallen needles to cut down the spread of the fungus. The article also said it could take several years or more of care to get the job done. Good luck with the project.

 

[potatofarmer]

Well here's the second dog shit spruce cleaned up.

I'm actually not sure which one is worse. the one i posted earlier had much bigger new candles.

 

[potatofarmer]

The last one. do you think it would survive a trunk chop?

I 'm thinking i may as well try to make a cascade or something.

 

[August44]

The last one. do you think it would survive a trunk chop?

I 'm thinking i may as well try to make a cascade or something.

I don't know the best time to chop a spruce like you want to do, but probably spring and it better be really healthy.

 

[potatofarmer]

here's the last one. it looks reasonably healthy to me? I did a minor trunk chop...

 

[potatofarmer]

here's what i want to make out of it. is it possible or totally wrong type of tree for this sort of thing?

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Tree in photo is a juniper. I would have taken the most screwed up, twisted, gnarly trees from that 10$ pile. These seem to lack trunk interest to me.

 

[potatofarmer]

Tree in photo is a juniper. I would have taken the most screwed up, twisted, gnarly trees from that 10$ pile. These seem to lack trunk interest to me.

i was thinking about it. they looked really unhealthy tho.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

i was thinking about it. they looked really unhealthy tho.

Well, without seeing the actual trees who knows. Im just saying go for the best trunks.

 

[potatofarmer]

wow check out this one i found on google. I could easily make that out of this one. my trunk wont be as curvy but i'm ok with that.

Will it survive with only one living branch?

i'm not saying right now. maybe next year. needs recovery time for sure.