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Mame
Son of a "beech",... that is one large tree!
Collected American Beech
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SilverCeder
Sapling
Hahaha!!!! Will keep everyone updated. It has a beautiful trunk.
BonsaiPoppie
Mame
Just experience. And then you are still learning. You will do well.
The Barber
Chumono
Updated photo...first leaves since collection back in the fall. I'd cut it back hard, and decided to chance it and remove the native soil a month or so ago and reduce the box size to an anderson flat...risky I know, but appears to be happy. We shall see next spring where it is at then, and go from there.
Also, has a semi purple foliage, unlike the other American beech i have
Also, has a semi purple foliage, unlike the other American beech i have
99 Mile Creek
Mame
I ran across your post before collecting mine yesterday. Very cool, seeing it has recovered well.
Looking forward to seeing more updates as it progresses.
Looking forward to seeing more updates as it progresses.
Gabler
Masterpiece
I've killed too many beech trees by messing with them like that too soon after collection. Based on my success rate when making the same mistakes, I'd say this tree has at best a 50% chance. Given the size, probably less.
I say this not to be a Debbie Downer, but to encourage you to pay give the tree immaculate aftercare and do nothing with it for at least another two full years.
The Barber
Chumono
I was mostly afraid of the roots from other trees that were intertwined into the rootball rotting and causing issues. I knew the risks involved when I messed with it, figured it would be better off long term than leaving it in native soil. We shall see of it survives, if not, lesson learned.
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
This is my favorite American hardwood bar none. Beech are in a category all there own in so many ways. Best of luck to you and all other beechaholics.
Gabler
Masterpiece
The roots from other trees rotting away should not have been an issue. The biggest potential problem would have been drainage, but that's manageable if you water less often. The best thing you can do for a recently-collected beech is leave it alone. In beech time, anything within the last 12 months is recent.
The Barber
Chumono
The foliage in this a American Beech keeps getting more purple...not quite as purple as the foliage on my purple beech (side by side for comparison, but I like it). All of my other American beech have green foliage.
Gabler
Masterpiece
Could it be European or a hybrid? I'm actually not sure whether beech trees readily hybridize.
The Barber
Chumono
I doubt it, we are very rural, and I've never seen purple beech available here.
99 Mile Creek
Mame
Isn't this what new growth is supposed to initially look like?
Gabler
Masterpiece
The one on the left is normal. The one on the right is unusually purple.
Actually, the one on the left might need some acid fertilizer, since it's a bit lacking in green pigment, but it might become more green as the leaves expand. It's at the edge of the normal range of color variation on new leaves.
99 Mile Creek
Mame
Unusual is a chance of genetics, it seems, or possibly a Copper Beech. Another phenomenon is having rippled bark 'rippled beeches'
"All beech trees seem to have the genetic potential to be purple. But the gene is usually ‘switched off’, so each year the tree produces green leaves. The naturally occurring mutation appears spontaneously, without human interference." https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/bl...ars spontaneously, without human interference.
