Another Ume

Dav4 · Jun 12, 2020

This one just got another light trim, maybe the last until next year. It's hard to believe how far this one has come in barely 27 months.

Dav4 · Jul 25, 2020

6 weeks since the last update and photo... no ferts until last week... must be the turface

JoeR · Jul 25, 2020

Dav4 said:
Yeah, they are! I'm hoping the fact that this one has been on an uber high nitrogen diet and all the branching on this thing isn't even 2 years old yet has some thing to do with it.

I have some ume in the grow beds just like this one. They flowered a couple flowers, 1-3, a few years ago but never again since being in the grow beds. Don't really understand it yet, thoughts?

Great thread and progression

Dav4 · Dec 4, 2020

We’re a hop, skip, and a jump from seeing this one nekked again...

Trueblackpercula · Dec 8, 2020

Read through all six pages wow can wait to see this one in full bloom.
Michael

Dav4 · Dec 19, 2020

Last update of the year for this one. Not sure if we'll see flowers, but I'll know in a few weeks... there are a few fatter buds on the branching so fingers crossed! This one will get some new shoes in the next few months, too.

Pitoon · Dec 19, 2020

Dav4 said:
Last update of the year for this one. Not sure if we'll see flowers, but I'll know in a few weeks... there are a few fatter buds on the branching so fingers crossed! This one will get some new shoes in the next few months, too.
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I hope it gives you flowers in a couple weeks. It's strange how some will flower early while others like to take their time. I don't recall you mentioning the cultivar of this one?

Dav4 · Dec 19, 2020

Pitoon said:
I hope it gives you flowers in a couple weeks. It's strange how some will flower early while others like to take their time. I don't recall you mentioning the cultivar of this one?

It's a seedling I got from Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks about 12 years ago.

Pitoon · Dec 19, 2020

Dav4 said:
It's a seedling I got from Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks about 12 years ago.

Ahhhh......seedling. So you have a one of a kind then. I'm curious to see what color and type the flower is.

Pitoon · Dec 19, 2020

When you did the major cut back when you pulled it out of the ground, do you remember what color the wood inside was? That could help determine flower color, as far as single or double you have to wait and see for that.

Dav4 · Dec 19, 2020

Pitoon said:
When you did the major cut back when you pulled it out of the ground, do you remember what color the wood inside was? That could help determine flower color, as far as single or double you have to wait and see for that.

I honestly don't recall anything particular about the color of the wood when I chopped/dug it. You can check out the picture in the first post in this thread and then, you'll know a much as I do

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Pitoon · Dec 19, 2020

Dav4 said:
I honestly don't recall anything particular about the color of the wood when I chopped/dug it. You can check out the picture in the first post in this thread and then, you'll know a much as I do .

I did before posting. Its hard to tell as the wood looks wet. If the wood is red/reddish there's a higher chance for the flower to be red/reddish.

Dav4 · Dec 19, 2020

Pitoon said:
I did before posting. Its hard to tell as the wood looks wet. If the wood is red/reddish there's a higher chance for the flower to be red/reddish.

I figured as much, and the wood in the picture does have an almost reddish hue. With that being said, I want to say that this one flowered a few times while growing out in the ground and the flowers were an off white... fingers crossed we'll see something in a few weeks to be sure.

Dav4 · Feb 15, 2021

No flowers this year, but a new, more appropriate pot.

Trueblackpercula · Feb 15, 2021

Looks amazing thank you for the inspiration
michael

Trenthany · Feb 15, 2021

I’ve got several “wild” ume in my yard. No idea of type (I’ll post pics if I ever get home before dark) and they back bud in old scaly bark just fine. I have a question though. Do they layer at all usually? Several are going to be taken out and I was curious if it was worth trying to propagate them because there are some amazingly barked trunks and I could get several trees from each.

Dav4 · Feb 15, 2021

Trenthany said:
I’ve got several “wild” ume in my yard. No idea of type (I’ll post pics if I ever get home before dark) and they back bud in old scaly bark just fine. I have a question though. Do they layer at all usually? Several are going to be taken out and I was curious if it was worth trying to propagate them because there are some amazingly barked trunks and I could get several trees from each.

Japanese flowering apricots, Prunus mume, don't air layer well at all, but that doesn't mean what you have won't.

Trenthany · Feb 15, 2021

Dav4 said:
Japanese flowering apricots, Prunus mume, don't air layer well at all, but that doesn't mean what you have won't.

Thanks! I’ll give it a shot on nonscaled bark first and see what happens before I mess with 3” thick scaly bark trunk sections.

Dav4 · Apr 3, 2021

This one may never flower in a pot... I think I’m ok with that!

Brian Van Fleet · Apr 3, 2021

Dav4 said:
This one may never flower in a pot... I think I’m ok with that!
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