Chojubai root over rock start

[badatusernames]

My understanding is that fall repotting date primarily to help mitigate nematode infestations that can kill them. Supposedly the further north you get, the less risk there is due to this, and thus spring reporting shouldn’t be a problem.

 

[b3bowen]

Only quince reward near death experiences with flowering.

 

[b3bowen]

Just wanted to see if anyone else has a similar experience. The quince from the thread above continues to do just fine. It looks healthy and flowers well and leaf color is good. I use organic fertilizer maybe 3 to 4 times a year. Which seems to be plenty for my other trees. But the quince just doesn’t grow, or at least not much. Just kind of sits there and send out new leaves when it wakes from dormancy each year. Usually it only sends out a few small growth extensions annually. It is in a very fine mixture of akadama and pumice.

When I have re-potted it in the past roots always look perfectly healthy, without rot. Granted, it never seems very happy with a re-pot and I have no intention to do so this year.

Usually, I find that if a plant is not growing well, it is in a state of decline and will die. This one doesn’t appear to be on that trajectory either. Perhaps it could be a PH thing.

 

[vp999]

Can you grow them at all?

The guy who sold me my monster Chojubai been keeping them in Florida for years , he has a bunch of them too and all in the $2k+ range trees ..he says they're ok there but doesn't flowers as much as in the north.

 

[Paradox]

I have a few I got from Evergreen Gardenworks 3 years ago. I potted them when I got them in spring and haven't really touched them since but they all seem to be doing OK so far

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

@b3bowen - if leaf color is good, and in photo, leaf color does look good. I doubt pH is the problem. Adjusting pH when pH is not the problem is very likely to cause more trouble than it will cure. If you have other apple family species and they are thriving on your water as is, such as crab apple, domestic apple, roses, etc, you do not need to mess with your water pH.

 

[b3bowen]

@b3bowen - if leaf color is good, and in photo, leaf color does look good. I doubt pH is the problem. Adjusting pH when pH is not the problem is very likely to cause more trouble than it will cure. If you have other apple family species and they are thriving on your water as is, such as crab apple, domestic apple, roses, etc, you do not need to mess with your water pH.

Ironically, I have a crabapple directly beside the quince. It’s doing great. Here is also a close-up of the foliage. Color looks good to me, but no growth extension. If it does what it has done in years past, it will shoot off a few new growths as the season goes by.