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How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 4th, 2015, 10:24 pm
by Pierre
Hello Everyone,
I have a few deciduous trees ( Quercus Robur, Maples, LA, Mulberry..) that are very confused this year as our "winter" has been warmer than usual. If they don't go dormant and keep their leaves, should I therefore treat then as evergreen and do the root pruning/re-potting in spring?
I guess I am obviously the confused one, not them...?!
Thanks again in advance,
Pierre
Re: How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 4th, 2015, 10:52 pm
by Elmar
G'day Pierre,
I wouldn't change your regime, they're plants after all and don't spend too much time 'thinking' about the meaning of life...
How it affects each individual plant will reveal itself, if at all, a little down the track.
Cheers
Elmar
Re: How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 4th, 2015, 11:02 pm
by thoglette
Pierre wrote:..are very confused this year as our "winter" has been warmer than usual. If they don't go dormant and keep their leaves,
It's still early. If they're still holding leaves at the end of August then we can talk about managing light and temperature.
Re: How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 5th, 2015, 11:54 am
by Bougy Fan
Any deciduous trees I have that haven't lost their leaves get stripped when I repot them. Has always worked for me
Re: How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 5th, 2015, 2:14 pm
by Pierre
Bougy Fan wrote:Any deciduous trees I have that haven't lost their leaves get stripped when I repot them. Has always worked for me
thank you Tony, do you wait till a certain time to strip/repot (in mid august..) ?
Regards , Pierre
Re: How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 5th, 2015, 2:40 pm
by Bougy Fan
Yes I would usually wait until then - unless they have already lost their leaves in which case I would do them now
Re: How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 6th, 2015, 2:46 pm
by Pierre
Thanks again Tony.
Re: How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 8th, 2015, 5:12 pm
by jezz_39
Winter is short and sweet for us SE QLD'ers. Last year everything was dormant and repotted in late July.
I am a FIFO worker and need to utilise what time I have, so I have just finished repotting everything now. Of all my deciduous trees, only 1 Dwarf Crepe Myrtle had dropped its leaves. The rest were defoliated upon repotting. Your trees should be fine. Remember to cut back on watering until they show signs of awakening, then introduce a fertilising regime in mid spring.
Re: How to care for Deciduous Trees in Brisbane?
Posted: July 10th, 2015, 8:25 pm
by Pierre
jezz_39 wrote:Winter is short and sweet for us SE QLD'ers. Last year everything was dormant and repotted in late July.
I am a FIFO worker and need to utilise what time I have, so I have just finished repotting everything now. Of all my deciduous trees, only 1 Dwarf Crepe Myrtle had dropped its leaves. The rest were defoliated upon repotting. Your trees should be fine. Remember to cut back on watering until they show signs of awakening, then introduce a fertilising regime in mid spring.
Hi Jeremy, Thanks for the info. I guess I will get started soon then. Seems like the cold might be on its way now...
regards,
Pierre