Banking on a late growth season.

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Banking on a late growth season.

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Because of the unusual weather here (and probably everywhere) i am pruning hard fertilising, lightly and repotting my grow on trees. I usually do very little work on future stock and just let them do their thing but i reckon the way it is looking, my trees do not look like slowing down any time soon. I will take the opportunity to have a look and see how they are doing instead of just watering them. It will probably take a few days and i will add, especially the Japanese maples. Interesting times.
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And some weeding too Bodhi ;)
The weathers looking good. Been thinking the same thing myself.
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Things are slowing down here. I don't know if you will get much strong growth now - and your colder than me.
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treeman wrote:Things are slowing down here. I don't know if you will get much strong growth now - and your colder than me.
We're in the middle of 2 weeks of rain here, welcome to Autumn.
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34 today last 3 days 34-35. Another 8 days of 30-33 before we could see a change not a drop of rain in the last 20 days . nights are back up around 16 dropping to 9 around sat morning . Still HOT :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Hot here too but the days are shorter. The trees know what's coming. eg, My chinese elm is still growing and still being fertilized well but it's not putting out the shoots it did a month ago. It's all good..
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KIRKY wrote:And some weeding too Bodhi
The weathers looking good. Been thinking the same thing myself.
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Yes, weeding goes without saying. Healthy trees=healthy weeds.
treeman wrote:Things are slowing down here. I don't know if you will get much strong growth now - and your colder than me.
Certainly not colder here next 7 days 32 29 28 32 29 30 30. I think all of march will nearly be the same.
Jarad wrote:We're in the middle of 2 weeks of rain here, welcome to Autumn.
Wish we had some rain :cry:
Matthew wrote:34 today last 3 days 34-35. Another 8 days of 30-33 before we could see a change not a drop of rain in the last 20 days . nights are back up around 16 dropping to 9 around sat morning . Still HOT
Same here Matthew so i will continue on. Amazing growth at the moment.
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It's been mid to highs 30's here all week , been on a roof for 4 days so no time for the tree's . Just had a decent thunder storm hit an hour ago with 10 mm of rain in 10 minutes :D , hopefully more to come later tonight , Growth here is still powering along with hot days ahead .

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alpineart wrote:It's been mid to highs 30's here all week , been on a roof for 4 days so no time for the tree's . Just had a decent thunder storm hit an hour ago with 10 mm of rain in 10 minutes :D , hopefully more to come later tonight , Growth here is still powering along with hot days ahead .

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