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Redwood Ryan
Masterpiece
Hello and welcome,
Nice little collection. The Chinese Elm will do best outdoors, so come spring place it outside and leave it out there 24/7/365. Be sure to give it as much light as possible since it isn't technically an indoor tree.
Nice little collection. The Chinese Elm will do best outdoors, so come spring place it outside and leave it out there 24/7/365. Be sure to give it as much light as possible since it isn't technically an indoor tree.
darkwaterdevil
Yamadori
i was told not to put it outside durring the winter. New England Bonsai keeps them in there tropical greenhouse.
Redwood Ryan
Masterpiece
Where are you located? Please fill out your profile so that we know. Chinese Elms can take some pretty low temperatures...
darkwaterdevil
Yamadori
im in massachusetts
Redwood Ryan
Masterpiece
It really should go outdoors (not now), and if you were able to keep it sheltered from the cold of MA by mulching it or placing it in an unheated garage during winter it would do much better.
mat
Chumono
Welcome. Do you have any outdoor trees? just curious. Not that you need to (there are some folks who enjoy the hobby as primarily an inside thing), but getting your trees to thrive indoors can take some extra work. Keeping plants that naturally thrive out in your backyard can make some of the horticultural parts of developing little trees in pots easier.
Have fun (and don't overwater those portulacarias)
Have fun (and don't overwater those portulacarias)
darkwaterdevil
Yamadori
Welcome. Do you have any outdoor trees? just curious. Not that you need to (there are some folks who enjoy the hobby as primarily an inside thing), but getting your trees to thrive indoors can take some extra work. Keeping plants that naturally thrive out in your backyard can make some of the horticultural parts of developing little trees in pots easier.
Have fun (and don't overwater those portulacarias)
i do have some outdoor starters Wisteria, but i just recived them. should the be ok in a cold attic for the winter?
darkwaterdevil
Yamadori
mat
Chumono
Only in the absolute loosest use of the word (plant in a pot). Did you get that to fruit inside? Or did you order it like that?
As for the wisteria - I don't know if they'd be okay in the attic. I don't have any experience with plants in your climate. What's the reasoning behind putting them there rather than somewhere more accessible, or just leaving them outside?
darkwaterdevil
Yamadori
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Attics are not good storage places for plants. The conditions swing wildly in an attic depending on how the sun is hitting the roof. The tree will not be able to maintain dormancy that it needs with these fluctuations. Also attics are notorious places for mice, which would love to have that bark as a food source....
Better that you either keep it in an unheated garage this year, or do as NEBGS told you just for this year, and work on getting it worked out for next year. These will survive without dormancy, but not year after year. And they will not thrive without a rest period.
The wisteria needs to be outside. Dig a hole, and bury the pot, mulching the soil.
Better that you either keep it in an unheated garage this year, or do as NEBGS told you just for this year, and work on getting it worked out for next year. These will survive without dormancy, but not year after year. And they will not thrive without a rest period.
The wisteria needs to be outside. Dig a hole, and bury the pot, mulching the soil.
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