Pseudocydonia sinensis / Chinese quince

[AlainK]

Wondering.. How well do the cuts heal on this one?

It's dark outside (and cold, brrrrr...), and I haven't paid much attention to this one.
It must be repotted, that's the only thing I can remember, so it hasn't changed much because it must be root-bound by now.

Photos tomorrow.
Or the day after tomorrow.
Or the day after, cross my heart.

I love being inside listening to "exotic music" having tea before confronting the cold with a melody that makes me feel like dancing, swinging smoothly, and later get back inside and have a good vegetable soup with steam on my glasses

 

[AlainK]

The roots are much too high. I've just repotted it. I think it will let it develop for a year or two...

 

[AlainK]

It's pushing out new leaves. Apparently we won't have severe frost in the coming week, at worst -1° C, so it should be OK.

 

[AlainK]

Not satisfied yet.
At least, the first leaves were not killed by the frost.
I would like the top to widen, get stronger. I must add some substrate to the base, hide the roots I think...

 

[leatherback]

Nice developments.
Any tips for a new fake cydonia keeper?

 

[AlainK]

Any tips for a new fake cydonia keeper?

I didn't get that at first : but perhaps you meant "pseudo-cydonia" by "Fake cydonia" ?...

Got it now...

Ah, "old age is a wreck..." (la vieillesse est un naufrage), Charles deGaulle.

 

[leatherback]

Got it now...

So.. Any tips?

 

[AlainK]

Any tips?

Not really. I was rather waiting for tips from others actually...

I have one in the ground, about 3 metres tall, but the trunk at the base is not so big...

 

[leatherback]

Not really. I was rather waiting for tips from others actually...

It seems an interesting species for bonsai, but I do not run into them all that often. Perhaps because of slow thickening? Mine are just babies, maybe 2 inches / 5cm thick?

 

[AlainK]

Mine are just babies, maybe 2 inches / 5cm thick?

The base of mine is hardly an inch, 2 cm+ at most.

I saw a big, great one at Saulieu years ago, but I can't find my photos again (again!). I was a very impressive specimen, at least 80 cm tall, with fine ramifications. And I thought: "I want one!". It was a tree by Fred(éric) Chenal. I think this is the one but since there's no credit (boo, bad!...) I can't be 100% sure :

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EDIT : and why is the link in cyrillic alphabet??? Have they decided to invade the world of bonsai too ?

 

[leatherback]

this is the one

Thats gorgeous!

 

[AlainK]

Thats gorgeous!

Yeah. I was stunned when I saw it "in real life".

 

[AlainK]

Update :



I was looking for the thread on a very nice one, by a German, or Dutch (?) member, but couldn't find it again. I tried the search engine with "pseudocedonia" and "chinese+quince", but...

It's such a nice tree, many will know what and who I'm referring to.

And I hope he will forgive me if he's not German or Dutch, and after all there's no shame in being German or Dutch or Belgian.

 

[leatherback]

I was looking for the thread on a very nice one, by a German, or Dutch (?) member, but couldn't find it again. I tried the search engine with "pseudocedonia" and "chinese+quince", but...

You do not mean the one Brian has on here?

 

[AlainK]

You do not mean the one Brian has on here?

Maybe. I really wouldn't mind if he's British or American either

Can you give me a link ?...

 

[leatherback]

Pseudocydonia, Chinese Quince

I couldn't find a thread on this one, so here is a new one. I bought this Chinese Quince in 2006 on eBay, from Sebastapol CA (first photo). It went in the ground in 2007, and stayed there 8 years, unattended, with the exception of several trunk chops. I wish I would have chopped the second...

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[AlainK]

Ah yes, thanks Jelle.

Pseudocydonia, Chinese Quince

Love this tree, Brian

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Brian Van Fleet, Alabama.

And that's a Dutch family name, so I wasn't so wrong after all.

 

[AlainK]

It's always the earliest one to bud out.
The leaves have not unfolded yet, but they've been about to for nearly a month, we had very mild temperatures. Now, it's going to be slightly below zero at night for a few days.

 

[AlainK]

Still too "triangular", a dome-shaped tree would look better in my eye.

It's still young, and I already like it like it is, but I might put it back in a grow-box nexte year, I don't know yet, I'll see what it looks like when in full leaves...

 

[AlainK]

Crazy weather !
Only two nights with a slight frost (-1, -3°C) here, and today, December 25th, it's 13°C this afternoon and it was 9°c last night !
Buds are beginning to swell, while a couple of leaves are still on the branches. I've never seen that, so early :



We often have frosts in February, so I must remember to watch the weather forecast, and put it in the garage if need be...