Thanks!@just.wing.it, how are you overwintering this?
...this will be my first winter with the the two I have
Also, what are your thoughts on flush cuts with them rather than concave? I heard on some s.cal bonsai video that flush is best for healing cuts, haven’t seen elsewhere..?
Also also, did you leave “nubs” as standard precaution, or is this something necessary (ala mugo) to prevent some undesired dieback associated with the genus?
Thanks much for any thoughts.
Lookin’ good man
Thanks!
I keep it outside until we routinely get below freezing, then it comes into the garage, which is anywhere between 40-20 F. I just brought it in yesterday.
I'm still working on healing the 2 larger cut marks from the initial pruning...they are flat and so far have healed well. There is at least one on the tree that healed up totally and is already almost unnoticeable. They heal very well. Cut paste is your friend.
I think the reason I got so much die back on my main trunks is because I did that chopping too early that season...and I did make them long just in case.
Overall, everything is fine though and I should be able to dremel my way to good tapering transitions there.
Gonna wait as long as possible this coming spring, before repotting and cutting back.
I'm anxious to see how my Ebihara roots turned out after one year!
That's my thought as well...I appreciate your insight. Following your reply you’ve got me thinking to do some more digging -will be bringing my two out of the mulch and into the garage, I suppose “sub-tropical” is the real operative.
@TN_Jim
How cold do you usually get down there in Nash?
Thanks!This is coming along nice! Mine just started waking up about a week or 2 ago. I kind of wish I re-potted it with a board under it this spring, but didn't get a chance to - had too much going on, spring just came out of nowhere for me.
What's the plan this season? Man, dieback on these are no joke. It's weird, I've cut these for so long in the landscape and have never seen any dieback, ever. But in a pot they die back a lot.
They're a little late anyways but I've had container crapes not wake up until June here. Two winters ago, I didn't protect anything, 2017 wasn't a good year for me personally... I just assumed it was the actual winter we had here; ended up losing a couple too.Any thoughts
Lol! A few times with the scratching, yeah haha!They're a little late anyways but I've had container crapes not wake up until June here. Two winters ago, I didn't protect anything, 2017 wasn't a good year for me personally... I just assumed it was the actual winter we had here; ended up losing a couple too.
This past winter though I protected everything, they woke up a little later which is normal but mostly on par with everything else.
Haha I bet you've been scratching the hell out of it making sure it was still alive
Yeah, I'm planning on using a dremel tool to grind away the dead parts of the stumps.Good news it finally woke up! Mine woke up early down here in GA, but even still Crapes always freak me out with their dried out, brown buds in spring. They always look dead and then out of nowhere, boom, they push new growth.
Do you have any plans on transitioning the thick parts that were cut? That's where mine is too, there's thick branches that I need to taper but also other places working on ramification