Ranitomeya
Sapling
Instead of making a few different threads, I'm going to try and keep this one as something of a progress journal, note keeping, and a place to keep all my questions.
As of now, I've got an "Okame" seedling, and a gorgeous Kojo-No-Mai that were gifted to me. In an effort to battle the wind that comes with using an apartment patio, a corner of the patio has been blocked off with cardboard. The "cherry corner" gets good direct light until around 2p or so, and filtered light the rest of the day which I hope will spare me some of the mile-high sun's wrath as we move into the summer.
As of now, the seedling is recovering and acclimating after the cold and wind got to it last week. It dropped it's leaves but I'm hopeful itll make a recovery.
Today though, I'm gonna focus on the Kojo-No-Mai. I'm atrocious with a camera, and enlisted my fiance's help trying to get some decent photos to show you what I'm working with.
I think this last pic is definitely going to be the front, but I'm not quite certain which direction to ultimately take this tree. I think there's the bones of a nice multi-trunk here somewhere, but I think the trunk would need to be considerably thickened or shortened. I don't want to sacrifice the nebari though. The soil is mounded, and I haven't really gone digging but there are some nice strong surface roots showing through the soil in spots. I may opt to shorten that right branch down the line. Good news is, I'm not doing any chopping soon so I have time to mull it over. I think heavy pruning is supposed to be mid/late summer so it'll bloom in the spring? I'll try to get some cuttings going whenever I decide to do a chop.
I think I read somewhere that the height should be 10x the length of leaves for cherries? With that I mind, I think I'm going to try and cultivate it at this larger size (about 18" from top of the pot). Either way no wiring until the winter, for now she gets to grow big and strong.
When I look at this tree I see a slender elegance, and the potential for grandeur. Assuming I don't kill the tree, my ultimate goal is to tease this out.
When it arrived, the tree was full of luscious green leaves. Now some are a little yellow, and others have died back a bit. I'm assuming this is from the stress of being shipped to CO and acclimating to its new spot. Here are some photos in case someone with a trained eye wants to weigh in.
There are some green fert pellets on the soil, so for now I'll hold off on fertilizing and plan for 0-5-5 spring-fall moving forward. Given a spray of pesticide for flowering trees and shrubs, to be repeated biweekly.
I'm also gonna list out some info specific to P. Incisa here I've come across in case anyone wants to add and/or contradict it to set me straight.
1. Wire slowly, over the course of a few days, in winter
2. Trim after blooms, but before leaf out
3. Slow to heal, always seal
4. Airlayer in early/late spring after leaf out
5. Keep roots cool, and don't slow to dry out in summer
6. Repot annually, after blooms
As of now, I've got an "Okame" seedling, and a gorgeous Kojo-No-Mai that were gifted to me. In an effort to battle the wind that comes with using an apartment patio, a corner of the patio has been blocked off with cardboard. The "cherry corner" gets good direct light until around 2p or so, and filtered light the rest of the day which I hope will spare me some of the mile-high sun's wrath as we move into the summer.
As of now, the seedling is recovering and acclimating after the cold and wind got to it last week. It dropped it's leaves but I'm hopeful itll make a recovery.
Today though, I'm gonna focus on the Kojo-No-Mai. I'm atrocious with a camera, and enlisted my fiance's help trying to get some decent photos to show you what I'm working with.
I think this last pic is definitely going to be the front, but I'm not quite certain which direction to ultimately take this tree. I think there's the bones of a nice multi-trunk here somewhere, but I think the trunk would need to be considerably thickened or shortened. I don't want to sacrifice the nebari though. The soil is mounded, and I haven't really gone digging but there are some nice strong surface roots showing through the soil in spots. I may opt to shorten that right branch down the line. Good news is, I'm not doing any chopping soon so I have time to mull it over. I think heavy pruning is supposed to be mid/late summer so it'll bloom in the spring? I'll try to get some cuttings going whenever I decide to do a chop.
I think I read somewhere that the height should be 10x the length of leaves for cherries? With that I mind, I think I'm going to try and cultivate it at this larger size (about 18" from top of the pot). Either way no wiring until the winter, for now she gets to grow big and strong.
When I look at this tree I see a slender elegance, and the potential for grandeur. Assuming I don't kill the tree, my ultimate goal is to tease this out.
When it arrived, the tree was full of luscious green leaves. Now some are a little yellow, and others have died back a bit. I'm assuming this is from the stress of being shipped to CO and acclimating to its new spot. Here are some photos in case someone with a trained eye wants to weigh in.
There are some green fert pellets on the soil, so for now I'll hold off on fertilizing and plan for 0-5-5 spring-fall moving forward. Given a spray of pesticide for flowering trees and shrubs, to be repeated biweekly.
I'm also gonna list out some info specific to P. Incisa here I've come across in case anyone wants to add and/or contradict it to set me straight.
1. Wire slowly, over the course of a few days, in winter
2. Trim after blooms, but before leaf out
3. Slow to heal, always seal
4. Airlayer in early/late spring after leaf out
5. Keep roots cool, and don't slow to dry out in summer
6. Repot annually, after blooms