TheEmpireNeverEnded
Yamadori
Hello!
We've had an extremely warm first half of winter in SW PA, and because I was not careful about keeping my cold frame lid open, one of my trees broke dormancy a month and a half early. Usually at this time of year my tree box is packed with snow such that my trees are soundly asleep, but we haven't had a single snow storm significant enough to be able to shovel the snow into the box so far this winter.
I went to check to see if anything needed to be watered when I noticed that my red maple's buds were opening. Now that it has lost its ability to survive a freeze, I brought it inside. I put it in front of a south facing window, and will put it out on the bench on days when it is above freezing, but I wanted to find out what the odds of survival are from all of you. Since this hasn't happened to me before, and because I usually don't start the bonsai shuffle until late March, I really don't know what kind of outcome to expect from my tree leafing out inside.
Is there anything I should be on the lookout for concerning the health of the tree? Will this impact my ability to prune it in late spring (assuming it survives)?
Thank you all in advance for your insight!
We've had an extremely warm first half of winter in SW PA, and because I was not careful about keeping my cold frame lid open, one of my trees broke dormancy a month and a half early. Usually at this time of year my tree box is packed with snow such that my trees are soundly asleep, but we haven't had a single snow storm significant enough to be able to shovel the snow into the box so far this winter.
I went to check to see if anything needed to be watered when I noticed that my red maple's buds were opening. Now that it has lost its ability to survive a freeze, I brought it inside. I put it in front of a south facing window, and will put it out on the bench on days when it is above freezing, but I wanted to find out what the odds of survival are from all of you. Since this hasn't happened to me before, and because I usually don't start the bonsai shuffle until late March, I really don't know what kind of outcome to expect from my tree leafing out inside.
Is there anything I should be on the lookout for concerning the health of the tree? Will this impact my ability to prune it in late spring (assuming it survives)?
Thank you all in advance for your insight!