Ginkgophiles of the world unite!

[sixemkay]

But after looking at other's Ginkgo here, I think they're normal. Are they normal?

Yes they are normal

 

[amatbrewer]

Neat looking bug, to bad they are destructive.

This looks to me like new buds.

I am continuing my love/hate relationship with my Ginko. So far this year the foliage has been deep green and it seems very healthy, heather that I think I have ever seen it, but it has shown zero growth. No new shoots, branches, or buds, just foliage from the same spots as last year?!?! I have never seen that before. About mid summer I added a weekly applications of fish emulsion to my monthly organic fertilizer routine, but that did not seem to have any impact.

 

[plant_dr]

We had a pretty hard frost the other night which wilted some of my ginkgo leaves. I didnt even get to see them turn yellow!

 

[Cadillactaste]

We had a pretty hard frost the other night which wilted some of my ginkgo leaves. I didnt even get to see them turn yellow!

Mine was pulled into the greenhouse before heading to a wedding reception. Hard freeze at the lake. Frost advisory out for many. Which means we will see worse.

Sorry to hear this...but it's cosmetic. At least you haven't lost your tree. Next year...

 

[AlainK]

Mine are turning yellow, no frost here, an exceptional 25° C this afternoon because of wind from the south but it'll be back to 16-18 next week, the usual temps for mid-October.

Ginkgo resent having roots in a too wet soil in winter, I almost lost an air-layer one winter because it stayed in a wet substrate.



Rotten roots on the air-layer, March 2009, then pruned before repotting :





The two of them, October 2014 :

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Pretty sure this color is more a product of a brutally long and hot summer, than of the first glimpse of under-80f weather, but a touch of yellow regardless...

 

[amatbrewer]

Pretty sure this color is more a product of a brutally long and hot summer, than of the first glimpse of under-80f weather, but a touch of yellow regardless...
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Horticultural sigh of relief?

 

[vp999]

Here is mine... bought it 3 weeks ago. Pretty cool little tree.

 

[Minnesota Madman]

Here is mine... bought it 3 weeks ago. Pretty cool little tree.
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Niiiice. That pot looks like a stone that's been turned on a lathe.

 

[vp999]

Niiiice. That pot looks like a stone that's been turned on a lathe.

Thanks! I got it at a thrift store..I think it was a Miso soup bowl or something like that and I drilled drainage holes on the bottom. The pot is only about 4 inches in diameter.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Some cold evenings...and blushing into fall colors.

 

[_#1_]

Pics of last night and this morning. Man these things turn fast!


Would anybody like a nut or two? Or 100? Sorry, no deliveries The tree is maybe 30-40ft and hasn't shown much sign or turning yet. But after seeing how mines turn so fast overnight, I'll have to head back there to check it out again.

 

[cbroad]

Would anybody like a nut or two

Mmmmm, I bet it'll smell great there soon!

 

[Vance Wood]

Mmmmm, I bet it'll smell great there soon!

I would like some, I'm not afraid of the smell, the nuts don't stink only the fruit.

 

[AlainK]

Two weeks ago. :



Two days later :

 

[cbroad]

the nuts

I've heard they are good, there's a lot of old ones in the city near me that cover the sidewalks with fruit, but I'm too chicken to collect and clean them

 

[leatherback]

but I'm too chicken to collect and clean them

why?

Chuck them in a jard halffull of water, shake well, rinse. Refill, shake. If ripe the seeds will clean easily.

 

[cbroad]

why

Not chicken per se, just the squashed and trampled putrid fruit rotting on the concrete is unappealing to me.

There are some big ones in some of the neighborhoods where I work, where I could probably find some unmolested fruit, but not sure if they're males or females. In the 40s, the city planted nothing but females, so I know I can find some there.

 

[MACH5]

Here is mine not quite at peak color in a Koyo pot.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

The leaves definitely took a beating this year, but it’s not looking too bad...it’s been raining and the temps are supposed to drop into the 30s this weekend, which should really kick off the fall colors around here.