PIGLET CHAPTER 2

Just plain AWESOME!!!
Do you use a systemic with your maples?
Or sprays?
Can you divulge your secrets to me?
Every J maple and trident I've had so far, has gone black on me.
Too wet, is what I think....
 
just.wing.it said:
Just plain AWESOME!!!
Do you use a systemic with your maples?
Or sprays?
Can you divulge your secrets to me?
Every J maple and trident I've had so far, has gone black on me.
Too wet, is what I think....
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Mike, I use once in a while fungicides like Bonide. I don't ever have much problems with disease except some years I do get some powdery mildew towards the end of summer. Not sure why they are going black on you. Too wet may indeed be the problem? Also do preventative sprays with an appropriate fungicide as it never hurts to do so.
 
MACH5 said:
Mike, I use once in a while fungicides like Bonide. I don't ever have much problems with disease except some years I do get some powdery mildew towards the end of summer. Not sure why they are going black on you. Too wet may indeed be the problem? Also do preventative sprays with an appropriate fungicide as it never hurts to do so.
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Thanks for that, Serg.
I've been using 0so's peroxide and water since last year, and occasional doses of Daconil and Neem, respectively.
 
M. Frary said:
Do you miss piglet?
I think I would very much.
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I have been able to salve that with the balm of the new trees in my life largely. I'm mostly just happy for the tree, and it's progress. God knows it's in the absolute best hands I could've gotten it in. I'm happy to see it getting many more root grafts.
This tree loooooves to be fed hard. You can sometimes hear it munching away if you get too close in the morning...
 
Ali Raza said:
Amazing plumpy trunk. You nailed it. Is it single tree or infusion @MACH5 ?
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This is a single tree. It was ground grown for a long time in Louisiana. Here is what Don Blackmond sent me about it's provenance. Don is who I originally got the tree from.

That tree was taken as a cutting from a tree imported from Japan. It was grown in the ground in Louisiana for quite awhile to develop the trunk, and was initially styled as an “oak-style” tree while it was still in the ground. It was dug up and root pruned periodically as it was being developed in the ground. Eventually it was dug, pruned and placed in a large tub, where it stayed for several years before I bought it. I shortened it a bit and thinned out the canopy after I bought it; then, it sat just growing and being clipped for a couple years.
 
JudyB said:
hear it munching away if you get too close in the morning...
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......that was just me in the bushes, and sure, let's go with "munching"....;):D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Remember when people freaked out over what you paid when you got the tree? I thought it was pretty reasonable then. But now? Yikes, it was a bargain!!!:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:


...seems like @MACH5 is assembling a stabile of well-dressed apprentices down in Jersey....:cool:
 
Ali Raza said:
Amazing plumpy trunk. You nailed it. Is it single tree or infusion @MACH5 ?
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Thanks Ali. But really the credit goes to Judy and also to Don and the original grower who did great work on this tree. I am now just trying to take their hard work to the next phase.
 
JudyB said:
This is a single tree. It was ground grown for a long time in Louisiana. Here is what Don Blackmond sent me about it's provenance. Don is who I originally got the tree from.

That tree was taken as a cutting from a tree imported from Japan. It was grown in the ground in Louisiana for quite awhile to develop the trunk, and was initially styled as an “oak-style” tree while it was still in the ground. It was dug up and root pruned periodically as it was being developed in the ground. Eventually it was dug, pruned and placed in a large tub, where it stayed for several years before I bought it. I shortened it a bit and thinned out the canopy after I bought it; then, it sat just growing and being clipped for a couple years.
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The tree has small leaves. I am not surprised it originally came from Japan. As expected the leaves on the long rummers do get larger but most all are quite small even with no defoliation done and heavily fed.
 
[QUOTE="LanceMac10, post: 648609, member: 18233"...seems like is assembling a stabile of well-dressed apprentices down in Jersey....:cool:[/QUOTE]


Hahaha! Well I do get good help from time to time but my problem is that I am quite far from most folks. :rolleyes:
 
MACH5 said:
[QUOTE="LanceMac10, post: 648609, member: 18233"...seems like is assembling a stabile of well-dressed apprentices down in Jersey....:cool:
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Hahaha! Well I do get good help from time to time but my problem is that I am quite far from most folks. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
You'll just have to get a "tiny house" like Hagedorn so you can get live in apprentices. haha
 
MACH5 said:
[QUOTE="LanceMac10, post: 648609, member: 18233"...seems like is assembling a stabile of well-dressed apprentices down in Jersey....:cool:
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Hahaha! Well I do get good help from time to time but my problem is that I am quite far from most folks. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
You'll just have to get a "tiny house" like Hagedorn for the apprentices to live in, haha.
 
JudyB said:
Hahaha! Well I do get good help from time to time but my problem is that I am quite far from most folks. :rolleyes:
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You'll just have to get a "tiny house" like Hagedorn for the apprentices to live in, haha.[/QUOTE]


I would do that myself. My wife... well not so much! :eek::oops:
 
JudyB said:
Hahaha! Well I do get good help from time to time but my problem is that I am quite far from most folks. :rolleyes:
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You'll just have to get a "tiny house" like Hagedorn so you can get live in apprentices. haha[/QUOTE]
If you feel starting any bonsai school, I will happy to get admitted as apprentice.
 
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