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My Amur is waking up...as is I have tiny buds on my bald cypress. So not surprising to hear yours is as well. Seeing them wake up is a great feeling. Though...a tad bit early. But seeing others with similar cases.
 

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My Amur is waking up...as is I have tiny buds on my bald cypress. So not surprising to hear yours is as well. Seeing them wake up is a great feeling. Though...a tad bit early. But seeing others with similar cases.
My bc is the same way. It is nice to see them waking up. Come on early spring. Lol
 

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Same here in my area of NY. It's been mild, today 60°. Maples and a crab apple are really pushing now. While it is nice to see as it means spring is just around the corner, we still have a while to go before we are in the clear as far as freezing goes. I am in a bit of a quandary. Should I repot now or try and hold out a while. My concern is once these buds are "on the move" they are gonna keep going. Don't want to repot too early and risk a freeze, yet don't want to wait too long and miss my window of opportunity to do so.
 

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repot as you wuld normally: With the buds ready to pop. And make sure you have a shed on standby in case of late frosts?
 
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My Amur is waking up...as is I have tiny buds on my bald cypress. So not surprising to hear yours is as well. Seeing them wake up is a great feeling. Though...a tad bit early. But seeing others with similar cases.
Amur is always the first for me.
 

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My Korean Hornbeam is swelling buds up, after a clip and a repot a week or two ago.
One elm leafing out a bit, and an ilex crenata swelling too.
 

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If I didn't have a way to protect, then I would think about skipping a year on repot if possible.
 

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I've been repotting like a mad man for 2 weeks straight and have repotted about 15-20 trees, so about half way done with the deciduous trees at this point but pressed for time. I got home from work and immediately went into the back yard and repotted a bunch of ROR trident projects in 1 gal containers... and noticed that the buds on many of my JBP and JRP are beginning to move...ugh! At least the long range forecast is free from temps even remotely approaching the low 30's. Fwiw, we can still get a hard freeze for at least another 4-6 weeks here, but they need the root work, so the repotting goes on.
 

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Same here in my area of NY. It's been mild, today 60°. Maples and a crab apple are really pushing now. While it is nice to see as it means spring is just around the corner, we still have a while to go before we are in the clear as far as freezing goes. I am in a bit of a quandary. Should I repot now or try and hold out a while. My concern is once these buds are "on the move" they are gonna keep going. Don't want to repot too early and risk a freeze, yet don't want to wait too long and miss my window of opportunity to do so.
If your buds are moving, your trees are already losing much of their cold hardiness whether you repot or not, so I wouldn't let them freeze again anyway. If they need to be repotted, go for it when the tree says "repot me" then protect from freezing weather.
 

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69F today and spring like temps forecast for the next 10 days, I am just gonna take the trees out of the mulch and see what happens.
 

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69F today and spring like temps forecast for the next 10 days, I am just gonna take the trees out of the mulch and see what happens.
Why?? The mulch may actually be keeping the roots cooler which will put off the end of dormancy. I'm pretty sure you can get frosts or freezes in your location well into April and even May. I would never deliberately de-winterize my trees in New England in February if I didn't have to... maybe April but never February.
 

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Why?? The mulch may actually be keeping the roots cooler which will put off the end of dormancy. I'm pretty sure you can get frosts or freezes in your location well into April and even May. I would never deliberately de-winterize my trees in New England in February if I didn't have to... maybe April but never February.
I agree...if they are still dormant...embrace it! It's a good thing.
 

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I've been repotting like a mad man for 2 weeks straight and have repotted about 15-20 trees, so about half way done with the deciduous trees at this point but pressed for time. I got home from work and immediately went into the back yard and repotted a bunch of ROR trident projects in 1 gal containers... and noticed that the buds on many of my JBP and JRP are beginning to move...ugh! At least the long range forecast is free from temps even remotely approaching the low 30's. Fwiw, we can still get a hard freeze for at least another 4-6 weeks here, but they need the root work, so the repotting goes on.

Dav4, for all the work you been doing, you been here dropping some good bombs too!
Thanks!

Amur is always the first for me.

And just as I think you all are crazy for getting out of zone trees that don't know the weather......

My Amurs are on the move....
An Elm too.

I mean....this happens every year, people start posting the OH shit, my trees are waking up early....

But this year...mine are too...

And it is February.

WTF.

Sorce
 

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I got to wondering today, about how many hours above a certain temperature (45F, 50F, 60F?) do most temperate trees have to experience before starting to come out of dormancy, after enough chill hours have passed? I am sure it is different for every species, but is there a general rule of thumb? Like for instance with chill hours, generally 500-1,000 chill hours to satisfy requirements for many temperate trees.
 

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I got to wondering today, about how many hours above a certain temperature (45F, 50F, 60F?) do most temperate trees have to experience before starting to come out of dormancy, after enough chill hours have passed? I am sure it is different for every species, but is there a general rule of thumb? Like for instance with chill hours, generally 500-1,000 chill hours to satisfy requirements for many temperate trees.
Not scientific but my observations tell me about 4-8 weeks of 60°f+ Temps start waking up my trees. Elms are always the first to wake up for me.

Aaron
 
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