Rehab Zelkova(?)
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Re: Rehab Zelkova(?)
Cheers again. The new plan is to let it be this year, really maximize the antifreeze for the winter and let the roots grow, protect in shed w isolation around pot --> next spring/summer air-layer + chop at first bend. Maybe I'll try a cascade for the top part!
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Re: Rehab Zelkova(?)
Posting some pics while it's still in leaf.
None of the "root cuttings" (dried out from trash pile..) took btw
The plan is to put it in some isolation and in a cold shed for the winter, but I'll wait until it drops the leaves. None of the "root cuttings" (dried out from trash pile..) took btw
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Re: Rehab Zelkova(?)
Hard chops before spring starts:
From what I can tell it made it through the winter without the need for a shed so I'll probably ground grow the lower part for next winter.
The plan is to airlayer it before the first bend and make a cascade of the top bendy part.From what I can tell it made it through the winter without the need for a shed so I'll probably ground grow the lower part for next winter.
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Chinese Elm cold winter update
My understanding of Chinese Elms was that there are two basic types - the cold hardy and the not-so-cold hardy.
My theory was that the leaf drop would be an indication of "when it's had enough" and I would then take it to a less-cold shed.
I kept the pot-part isolated with styrofoam walls + mulch.
The results:
It did not drop its leaves at all! But it was still dying...
(As can be seen on previous pre-spring chop-pictures, it was already dried in the crown section when I chopped.. but I didn't notice then.)
I chopped back to live-wood and hope for the best. At least I got rid of the S-curve in the trunk... (and a lesson out of it!)
This does not bode well for the other Chinese elms I put in the ground recently:
viewtopic.php?f=104&t=29184&p=288192#p288192
My theory was that the leaf drop would be an indication of "when it's had enough" and I would then take it to a less-cold shed.
I kept the pot-part isolated with styrofoam walls + mulch.
The results:
It did not drop its leaves at all! But it was still dying...
(As can be seen on previous pre-spring chop-pictures, it was already dried in the crown section when I chopped.. but I didn't notice then.)
I chopped back to live-wood and hope for the best. At least I got rid of the S-curve in the trunk... (and a lesson out of it!)
This does not bode well for the other Chinese elms I put in the ground recently:
viewtopic.php?f=104&t=29184&p=288192#p288192
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