jorge.reto
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I live in Portugal and we are in the middle of the winter right now! All deciduous trees should be almost or completely leafless! At night we get around 7-10ºC which is as low as it gets where I live!
This summer (in June) I bought two new seedling from an online nursery, Acer Dehojo and Larix (Larch). As soon as they arrived I slip potted into bigger containers without messing with the roots! They did struggle a lot and almost died but now, in the middle of the winter, they are pushing new growth! The maple seems healthy and the leaves are not even starting to turn red but the larch looks really weak... Since they are both deciduous trees I am not sure if I should force them to go dormant somehow!
Does anyone have some advice on how I should handle this issue? Is it normal for a tree that was struggling in summer due to moving to a new environment, to skip the dormancy period that year?
Also, I was hoping to repot them in early spring to remove the original soil! If they skip dormancy can I still do it in early spring?
This summer (in June) I bought two new seedling from an online nursery, Acer Dehojo and Larix (Larch). As soon as they arrived I slip potted into bigger containers without messing with the roots! They did struggle a lot and almost died but now, in the middle of the winter, they are pushing new growth! The maple seems healthy and the leaves are not even starting to turn red but the larch looks really weak... Since they are both deciduous trees I am not sure if I should force them to go dormant somehow!
Does anyone have some advice on how I should handle this issue? Is it normal for a tree that was struggling in summer due to moving to a new environment, to skip the dormancy period that year?
Also, I was hoping to repot them in early spring to remove the original soil! If they skip dormancy can I still do it in early spring?