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Mame
The one in question
If you recall collecting, they are in water. Your tree is now less rooted and in draining soil. Keep it in water. Yes, water. Soil and water, but just leave it submerged.
The one in question
The clay pots are covering the knees, I can't keep the squirrels off of them. I hate those little b!@#$@ds!
Go here. Get one with the protective cage in the front. It'll keep dogs from becoming noseless (aka: dead). It's a vicious trap for anything that sticks anything inside of it: https://www.kania.net/
I had a raccoon making itself at home in my roof a couple of years back. Since I live in a suburban area that frowns on DYI shotgun therapy, I called in a redneck (and that's from a fellow redneck) live trapper from Fredericksburg, Va. He was, as we used to say in the South, a "good 'ol boy" (with a degree in wildlife management) and we shot the shit for a while about hunting, baseball, etc.Now, thanks a trap! Unfortunately, Mrs. Mullet is a softy so I have to live trap and relocate them, 52 so far.
I had a raccoon making itself at home in my roof a couple of years back. Since I live in a suburban area that frowns on DYI shotgun therapy, I called in a redneck (and that's from a fellow redneck) live trapper from Fredericksburg, Va. He was, as we used to say in the South, a "good 'ol boy" (with a degree in wildlife management) and we shot the shit for a while about hunting, baseball, etc.
I asked him what he actually did with the live squirrels, raccoons, possums, etc. that he caught in his traps.
He said he released them down south in rural areas, but said the VAST majority of those critters would be dead soon in spite of the humane trapping by him. He said most would be killed outright in a few days by their brethren as interloping competitors. Others would be claimed by cars or other mishaps because they were unfamiliar with the territory and have to keep moving because of constant combat with the native population. Live traps, in other words, are mostly a death sentence for the critter trapped in them. It just makes suburban homeowners and tree-huggers feel better about themselves...;-)
Come a little closer - I'll slip a few ones in your g-string.
Now SHOW US YOUR KNEES - TAKE THOSE POTS OFF!!!
Hey John, sorry for the off-topic question... what's the plant in the lower right hand corner of the final photo? (not the variegated one)
Your yard must be gorgeous! Even your volunteer plants are prettyThat is serissa, pink fairy, as is the variegated one, also, it is called pink swan. I have it coming up everywhere, from seed and from cuttings that fall on the ground when I am pruning. The whole area around the benches would be a serissa forest it I did not mow there.
Your yard must be gorgeous! Even your volunteer plants are pretty
Beautiful!Update:
Just some naked pictures, it will get repotted sometime next week.
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Some knees:
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Starting to get some nice branching:
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