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Chumono
With winter in full swing, and my trees sleeping under a blanket of snow, my mind wanders to my tropicals and semi-tropicals sitting inside under T5's. I picked up a Bilobed Grewia (atleast that's what the tag said) at a local nursery here back in the fall. I nearly lost it to some form of leaf spot early on, but after a minor trim, defoliation and treatment with Nilnat (suggested by a fellow grower) it slowly bounced back, regained about 50% of it's foliage and started flowering... I'm assuming that it's a good sign.
The tree is in need of a repot. There's some old wire coming out from the base of the tree that was left behind from the original nursery. I tried pulling it out, but it's lodged, probably entangled in the roots. I plan on repotting it in the spring before it heads outside, and barring any unforeseen events, keep it there for atleast two seasons. It also requires some wiring and pruning, which will get done this spring/summer as well. After that, water, sun, fertilizer and Desmond Decker.
First of all, no one I know has any experience growing any species of Grewia, hence the post here. What kind of soil mixture would people recommend for it. I've heard anything from a simple black organic mix with pearlite will do, to full well draining inorganic. I'm assuming that a Bilobed Grewia is a Grewia Biloba. It has small 1/8" to 1/2" leaves with pale white flowers. Anyone know how much root pruning it will tolerate? Its in a nursery 4"x4"x"4" pot. I nudged it out when it was dry to see how the roots look back in November, and it wasn't severely root bound, but by the time spring rolls around it will definitely benefit from a trim.
Secondly, I'm not overly sure on style and front. I've been staring at it since I got it, and haven't done much to it, except remove a couple of branches that were disproportionately thick, and were crowding the crown. Turned them into cuttings. One rooted. One didn't. I want to keep the tree as a shohin. Any suggestions on front and style? I've attached a couple of images.
Thanks in advance for your input and constructive criticism. I've been reading posts as of late and some people have been getting overly sensitive. Don't worry I won't... I don't even think Smoke can make me wince.
although those shorts.. damn.
btw. I'm new here. So hi!
Cheers,
Mike.
The tree is in need of a repot. There's some old wire coming out from the base of the tree that was left behind from the original nursery. I tried pulling it out, but it's lodged, probably entangled in the roots. I plan on repotting it in the spring before it heads outside, and barring any unforeseen events, keep it there for atleast two seasons. It also requires some wiring and pruning, which will get done this spring/summer as well. After that, water, sun, fertilizer and Desmond Decker.
First of all, no one I know has any experience growing any species of Grewia, hence the post here. What kind of soil mixture would people recommend for it. I've heard anything from a simple black organic mix with pearlite will do, to full well draining inorganic. I'm assuming that a Bilobed Grewia is a Grewia Biloba. It has small 1/8" to 1/2" leaves with pale white flowers. Anyone know how much root pruning it will tolerate? Its in a nursery 4"x4"x"4" pot. I nudged it out when it was dry to see how the roots look back in November, and it wasn't severely root bound, but by the time spring rolls around it will definitely benefit from a trim.
Secondly, I'm not overly sure on style and front. I've been staring at it since I got it, and haven't done much to it, except remove a couple of branches that were disproportionately thick, and were crowding the crown. Turned them into cuttings. One rooted. One didn't. I want to keep the tree as a shohin. Any suggestions on front and style? I've attached a couple of images.
Thanks in advance for your input and constructive criticism. I've been reading posts as of late and some people have been getting overly sensitive. Don't worry I won't... I don't even think Smoke can make me wince.
although those shorts.. damn.btw. I'm new here. So hi!
Cheers,
Mike.
