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That makes two of us then.I'm a serial killer.
That makes two of us then.I'm a serial killer.
Even Brent's site talks about chojubai being finicky. So not surprising.I hate to admit, but I have started over with 'Chojubai' more times than I care to admit. My current resident 'Chojubai' I've had for 3 years now. It is not the easiest of the Chaenomeles to grow. I find 'Contorted White' to be the most vigorous and the sturdiest of the cultivars commonly used for bonsai. 'Toyo Nishiki' is also quite a tough, resilient plant. I find 'Chojubai' to be delicate, or fussy. It drops leaves easily. It dies easily. It is not as winter hardy as the other 2 mentioned. Frankly, if it wasn't so photogenic in those bonsai magazine photos, I wonder if anyone would bother with it at all. It has never performed well for me. I bought my first cuttings of 'Chojubai' back around 1980, and have never had one last more than 5 or 6 years. Usually after one dies, I try to figure out what went wrong and try again. So over the last 40 years, I've owned at least 7 different young plants of 'Chojubai'. I'm a serial killer. Yet other flowering quinces post many fewer problems.
Yep... for a year or twoCan you grow them at all?
Oh no...Yep... for a year or two
Strange. I virtually ignore mine and they grow pretty strong, blooming nearly all year. Cuttings root almost regardless which end is up.I hate to admit, but I have started over with 'Chojubai' more times than I care to admit. My current resident 'Chojubai' I've had for 3 years now. It is not the easiest of the Chaenomeles to grow. I find 'Contorted White' to be the most vigorous and the sturdiest of the cultivars commonly used for bonsai. 'Toyo Nishiki' is also quite a tough, resilient plant. I find 'Chojubai' to be delicate, or fussy. It drops leaves easily. It dies easily. It is not as winter hardy as the other 2 mentioned. Frankly, if it wasn't so photogenic in those bonsai magazine photos, I wonder if anyone would bother with it at all. It has never performed well for me. I bought my first cuttings of 'Chojubai' back around 1980, and have never had one last more than 5 or 6 years. Usually after one dies, I try to figure out what went wrong and try again. So over the last 40 years, I've owned at least 7 different young plants of 'Chojubai'. I'm a serial killer. Yet other flowering quinces post many fewer problems.
Sounds like you and Leo are on different planets.Strange. I virtually ignore mine and they grow pretty strong, blooming nearly all year. Cuttings root almost regardless which end is up.
Very different climates.Sounds like you and Leo are on different planets.
I am not sure if climate is the only factor.Very different climates.
Sounds like you and Leo are on different planets.
Ha! Perfect timing. I plant to repot mine this weekend as well. We will still have a couple 80F plus days next week. But Jonas posted a blog regarding summer repot on Chojubai so I thought what the hack.Thought I would update on what I did. I went with rock number 1. The roots seemed to match best with the groves in that stone. Weather is supposed to be 80 or less for the next few weeks so I thought timing would be good.
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Used spagnum ho hold primary roots where i wanted them.
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Here it is potted up.
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Plenty of room for roots to grow down. Will gradually cut away plastic pot over time to expose roots.
Actually climate is the significant difference, My summers are quite short compared to Brian. I have fewer than 120 day growing season, Brian has over 200 days. There's significant differences in my winter versus Brian's. It adds up.
If you read the chojubai posts in Jonas website, he states that chojubai loves to drop their leaves when repotted in summer-fall, so he totally defoliate them at the same time. The sample he did defoliated vs none, the defoliated trees bounced back faster and stronger than the ones that were not. I am repotting a few full size quinces soon... they will get defoliated. My chojubai are growing strong, but they are nowhere near needing of repotting.Repotted the tree about a week ago which was nearly identical timing to two years ago. Thought it would be no problem because I did not even mess with the roots, just placed in a different container and exposed more of the stone. Well, again it dropped every leaf, but it is already pushing new leaves and flower buds so I know it is fine.