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Omono
What the hell have I done
I knew I wanted to try an ume, I knew good ones were hard to find. I didn't really plan on it being now, but I saw one I liked a lot and it was pretty much out of my control. I don't really buy the "it was basically in my car before I knew I bought it" story but that's pretty much how this went, so now it's my problem.
It's funny, I seem to get a mix of "oh cool" or "I'm sorry" and not much in between when people find out I have it.
So here it is.
Again, I have virtually no idea what it is that I am doing here. Or at least really didn't when I got it. @Brian Van Fleet has a Ume schedule that was incredibly helpful. I've had it... a month or so now, and as you can see it has what looks like perhaps a touch of chlorosis maybe. If anything I say here sounds wrong, don't hesitate to tell me, it probably is.
What I have been gathering is that the two major killers of ume are:
#1 - lack of water. I drench it when the top soil gets dry.
#2 - lack of fertilizer. @Trueblackpercula this is what you were asking about. It basically sounded like you literally could not fertilize these too much, and so I've given / will be giving it biogold every month, Gro-Power 12-8-8 every two months, Hanasaku every month, and spraying it every ten days or so with a seaweed emulsion. For the record, this is also how I got my "chojubai" to explode this year, to the point that I no longer think it's technically a real-deal chojubai as we talk about them - I can't find anything about them that makes me think the growth rate on mine makes any sense at all.
From what you were saying in Brian's thread, it sounds like there's a bit more nuance that what I've applied here - tbh, before I do anything, I go back and re-check my sources, so I may be simply forgetting.
When I got this plant, I first checked the base. It looked like thee roots had been chopped to get it into the pot. I don't know when that was done for sure. I probably should have asked, probably still could. Got it from NEBG. My understanding, however, is that when this is the case with ume, the first rule is to wait a year. Just wait. Feed it, let it grow, wait.
So, my first real step with this will be either cutting it back in Dec, or pruning and shaping it in April/May. I'm currently leaning towards assuming the latter.
We shall see. I'm pretty far out over my skis on this one, I think, but I'm also pretty excited about it.
I knew I wanted to try an ume, I knew good ones were hard to find. I didn't really plan on it being now, but I saw one I liked a lot and it was pretty much out of my control. I don't really buy the "it was basically in my car before I knew I bought it" story but that's pretty much how this went, so now it's my problem.
It's funny, I seem to get a mix of "oh cool" or "I'm sorry" and not much in between when people find out I have it.
So here it is.
Again, I have virtually no idea what it is that I am doing here. Or at least really didn't when I got it. @Brian Van Fleet has a Ume schedule that was incredibly helpful. I've had it... a month or so now, and as you can see it has what looks like perhaps a touch of chlorosis maybe. If anything I say here sounds wrong, don't hesitate to tell me, it probably is.
What I have been gathering is that the two major killers of ume are:
#1 - lack of water. I drench it when the top soil gets dry.
#2 - lack of fertilizer. @Trueblackpercula this is what you were asking about. It basically sounded like you literally could not fertilize these too much, and so I've given / will be giving it biogold every month, Gro-Power 12-8-8 every two months, Hanasaku every month, and spraying it every ten days or so with a seaweed emulsion. For the record, this is also how I got my "chojubai" to explode this year, to the point that I no longer think it's technically a real-deal chojubai as we talk about them - I can't find anything about them that makes me think the growth rate on mine makes any sense at all.
From what you were saying in Brian's thread, it sounds like there's a bit more nuance that what I've applied here - tbh, before I do anything, I go back and re-check my sources, so I may be simply forgetting.
When I got this plant, I first checked the base. It looked like thee roots had been chopped to get it into the pot. I don't know when that was done for sure. I probably should have asked, probably still could. Got it from NEBG. My understanding, however, is that when this is the case with ume, the first rule is to wait a year. Just wait. Feed it, let it grow, wait.
So, my first real step with this will be either cutting it back in Dec, or pruning and shaping it in April/May. I'm currently leaning towards assuming the latter.
We shall see. I'm pretty far out over my skis on this one, I think, but I'm also pretty excited about it.