CWTurner
Omono
I got a call this morning from my friend at the cemetery. He was told to remove a couple of yews that I had previously expressed interest in. He asked if I wanted to dig them up rather than him just yanking them with the chain on his backhoe.
Well, I had my morning planned out already and couldn't get over right away. Also, it has been a very dry August here (less than 2" of rain all month). Add to that that today was a miserable hot/humid day and even in the best of conditions, wouldn't be a great time to collect. These were in full sun BTW.
I thanked him and asked him to go ahead and yank them as usual. He was nice enough to wrap the trunks with a towel so the bark didn't get chewed up, and dropped them in the shade and even watered them.
I picked them up about 3 hours later. Here they are.
This first one has some roots and an interesting trunk.
This one has almost no roots, but some nice weathered bark.
I did a quick triage and chopped off a fair amount of foliage. The 1st bush is before chopping, 2nd bush I had already chopped. I sealed the wounds and put them in the ground backfilled with potting soil.
I haven't been having good luck lately potting up collected yew, so I thought this was best.
CW
Well, I had my morning planned out already and couldn't get over right away. Also, it has been a very dry August here (less than 2" of rain all month). Add to that that today was a miserable hot/humid day and even in the best of conditions, wouldn't be a great time to collect. These were in full sun BTW.
I thanked him and asked him to go ahead and yank them as usual. He was nice enough to wrap the trunks with a towel so the bark didn't get chewed up, and dropped them in the shade and even watered them.
I picked them up about 3 hours later. Here they are.
This first one has some roots and an interesting trunk.
This one has almost no roots, but some nice weathered bark.
I did a quick triage and chopped off a fair amount of foliage. The 1st bush is before chopping, 2nd bush I had already chopped. I sealed the wounds and put them in the ground backfilled with potting soil.
I haven't been having good luck lately potting up collected yew, so I thought this was best.
CW