Forsythia
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Paul B [Swindon]
Todd Ellis
moyogijohn
bonsainotwar
andy mcconnell
craigw
Dale Cochoy
Michael T
Kev Bailey
Tom Simonyi
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Re: Forsythia
Tom Simonyi wrote:Unfortunately the tree did not survive this past winter....
Welcome to the winter disasters of 2013--2014 club. I lost two nice Mugos that I have had for years. That wont happen again.
Vance Wood- Member
Re: Forsythia
I hear you loud and clear, my friend....it won't happen again with what is left of my temperate tree collection either....
Tom Simonyi- Member
Re: Forsythia
Tom Simonyi wrote:I hear you loud and clear, my friend....it won't happen again with what is left of my temperate tree collection either....
For at least the last ten years or so, the winters have been rather mild, by comparison to this last one. I let myself get lulled into a sense of thinking all of the winter precautions were not so necessary as I had been doing them. Last winter proved that to be a necessity after all. Two to three weeks with temperatures below Zero "F" with days at twenty below zero proved a disaster to a couple of pretty good trees. Nothing else seemed a problem.
Vance Wood- Member
Winter preparations?
May I ask what you will be doing differently this winter Vance? Winter scares me, I like to hear about everyone else's preparations.
Wander- Member
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Wander wrote:May I ask what you will be doing differently this winter Vance? Winter scares me, I like to hear about everyone else's preparations.
I am going to be providing more protection from the wind. I used to put everything crammed in on each other where one tree sheltred another so that the only ones I really had to concern myself with were the trees on the outside. I used to build barriers of bails of straw and burlap, a practice I had found unnecessary until not. I don't think the bails of straw are important but most certainly the barriers of burlap to keep direct wind off and diminish the effects of light early in the spring at a time when winter is not done but the sun wants to shine.
Vance Wood- Member
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