Little Toyo Nishiki

[thumblessprimate1]

Please excuse the messy look. Thought you might like to see a little quince getting started. I made the chop in the fall and repotted it. Starting to leaf out already.

 

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[garywood]

TP, good start. Keep in mind that TN can be rather coarse with long internodes so careful fertilizing in spring is important. But I do love those flowers!

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Thanks, Gary!

 

[Cypress187]

Isn't it better to put it in a bigger pot when still developing branching, so it will grow faster?

 

[barrosinc]

Yeah it looks like a great piece of material!
I am with Cypress187, maybe up-pot for a year or two while developing?

 

[quietobserver]

Isn't it better to put it in a bigger pot when still developing branching, so it will grow faster?

That pot is a pretty tight squeeze if looking to do a lot of development.

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Japanese Quince in my experience so far grows fast like weeds with exception of chojubai. That, I'm told is much slower than regular Japanese quince. Anyhow, this one I'll try the small pot out for a while. I'm looking into other horticultural methos of shortening internodes this year.

 

[thumblessprimate1]

@garywood or anyone, have you had good experiences with PGRs, plant growth regulators? Some info out there on roses, but I've found nothing for quince.

So I've been looking into what works for roses, and what I've found is Concise and Sumagic are good on Knock Out roses. Bonzi, what I have access to at the moment. Effects and safety on roses is limited per one source.

I'll try it on some cuttings in the Spring. By then I may have access to some Sumagic.

What I am aiming for is shorter internodes. Flowers can wait if flowers arẻ going to be affected. If successful, I expect to be spraying or drenching once or twice a year.

 

[garywood]

TP, it's been 40 years since I used any in a nursery and that was with flowers. B-9 was the active ingredient and it worked for Mums.

 

[drew33998]

Can you guys expand on the subject a bit of using the pgr's? Never heard of it

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Can you guys expand on the subject a bit of using the pgr's? Never heard of it

I missed your post, Drew. Sorry.

My understanding is that PGRS are used commercially usually to make plants more compact to be more attractive to consumers. Keep them from looking lanky. Some are used on roses so that you may have the attractive long stems to be used in bouquets.

There are different PGRs and results vary among different plants or may have no affect at all. Some require root drenched and some only require spray on foliage. That's my limited knowledge on the matter.

It's not a simple matter for me as I haven't found info for use on Japanese quince specifically. If you're still curious, you could Google key words "plant growth regulator" and you will find lots of details.

 

[thumblessprimate1]

More leaves today. A little more wiring. Wasn't trying to get a perfect sillouhette. Just putting some twists in. I think I can cut back more.

 

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I pulled some branches down. Sprayed this one with Sumagic a week ago. Looking okay, I think.

 

[cmeg1]

Awesome tree.These are turning out real good

 

[GrimLore]

Looking okay, I think.

Updated pictures? Thank you in advance

Grimmy

 

[thumblessprimate1]

I'm away right now. I'll get some shots later. It looks like chemicals I used, the way I used them didn't shorten the internodes.

 

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Hurriedly snapped shots this morning. Gloomy outside.

 

[GrimLore]

Hurriedly snapped shots this morning. Gloomy outside.

Thank you! The growth rate is I expected and will look forward to my first growing season with my first Toyo. Curious if you let that variety get a lot of sun. Only had mine a few days and it seems to like it.

Grimmy