Hand me down J. beech----help

I used the 3 in 1. The label includes mites. Is this wrong?

If the label includes mites, your are GOOD! I'm not familiar with 3 in 1, but Bayer is reputable, it will most likely work if used at the concentrations recommended. Very good.

Sorry. past experience is why I barked. I often decline to give pest control advice that includes recommending chemicals because of worries that people won't follow the directions. In the orchid world I had someone try to blame me for their orchid losses (wanted plants or $$$) from me because their not reading labels resulted in dead orchids. The nightmare could be worse, at least they did not claim my recommendation poisoned their cat.

So if there is a take away, be cautious, read labels, follow directions, including repeat applications at the interval recommended and follow safety precautions. Most of the manufacturers have pretty good info if you take the time to dig.

I agree with Grim, most home remedies are ineffective, especially if you have more than 10 plants. Sure, if you do the repeat applications some of them work. But most don't.
 
If the label includes mites, your are GOOD! I'm not familiar with 3 in 1, but Bayer is reputable, it will most likely work if used at the concentrations recommended. Very good.

Sorry. past experience is why I barked. I often decline to give pest control advice that includes recommending chemicals because of worries that people won't follow the directions. In the orchid world I had someone try to blame me for their orchid losses (wanted plants or $$$) from me because their not reading labels resulted in dead orchids. The nightmare could be worse, at least they did not claim my recommendation poisoned their cat.

So if there is a take away, be cautious, read labels, follow directions, including repeat applications at the interval recommended and follow safety precautions. Most of the manufacturers have pretty good info if you take the time to dig.

I agree with Grim, most home remedies are ineffective, especially if you have more than 10 plants. Sure, if you do the repeat applications some of them work. But most don't.

Well, I'll see how this goes......after all, I'm not sure I have them. I am sure I have webs of some sort. I was reading another thread about the white paper and smear test to see if you got'em. Do you have any experience with that?
 
Well, I'll see how this goes......after all, I'm not sure I have them. I am sure I have webs of some sort. I was reading another thread about the white paper and smear test to see if you got'em. Do you have any experience with that?

Spraying for them is important - even though you cannot see them any webbing in the plant, under leaf is all the proof you need. When the paper test works the infestation has progressed enough to have already done more damage then you want. Just my .02...

Grimmy
 
Here is the latest bizarre twist. The buds that were forming in the last post are leafing out!! Talk about a late bloomer.....!!! Don't know if they'll have enough time to form "next years buds". These new leaves look much healthier as you can see in lower part of the 1st pic. The buds that formed on the earliest leaves seem to be acting normal.
 

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Wow that's freaky. I would protect that well this winter... who knows what is going on with that one! All you can do is hope for the best at this point I think.
 
This year has been really bizarre for the beech that I've got. It did similarly to yours and threw some inner buds out to leaf about a month ago. The only additional thing it did was threw a second flush of growth out on the rest of the tree. I can't complain for a tree that routinely gets one flush every year. You'd be surprised how fast these will start to set buds, I wouldn't worry too much about the coming winter, there's plenty of time. The inner buds on mine that went to leaf late already have small buds.
 
Here is the latest bizarre twist. The buds that were forming in the last post are leafing out!! Talk about a late bloomer.....!!! Don't know if they'll have enough time to form "next years buds". These new leaves look much healthier as you can see in lower part of the 1st pic. The buds that formed on the earliest leaves seem to be acting normal.

Hi Dave! How did this one make out?

Grimmy
 
Yeah I'm interested to know as well! Course it's too early to tell for Beech, they are the last trees other than Crape to move...Always a nail biter.
 
Funny you should ask...I just brought it out of the cave for a look. It's stranger than fiction. The leaves never turned color in the fall. They stayed perfectly green until I put it away in early December. The buds look good and I'm optimistic for spring. The pics were taken today....notice, most of the leaves still have a green tint.
 

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Funny you should ask...I just brought it out of the cave for a look. It's stranger than fiction. The leaves never turned color in the fall. They stayed perfectly green until I put it away in early December. The buds look good and I'm optimistic for spring. The pics were taken today....notice, most of the leaves still have a green tint.

Odd indeed but good to see it seems to be happy in your care! Nice to see you again by the way - it was quite awhile since I have been active here. Life was busy:eek:

Grimmy
 
Odd indeed but good to see it seems to be happy in your care! Nice to see you again by the way - it was quite awhile since I have been active here. Life was busy:eek:

Grimmy
I've been busy as well. Guess it must be the start of the season round here!
 
Slush here on the vehicles this morning but things are waking up :) Going to dig this one up next Wednesday for starters :confused:

Grimmy
 

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For that size, it may put you in a pot, instead of visa-versa!!
 
For that size, it may put you in a pot, instead of visa-versa!!

Yeah, it is my largest "dig" for the season so I want to knock it out first. Going to present a challenge, large base, well over 40 years old, the red flag is where the power line is buried, and I just noticed in that picture I developed a Winter tummy - ARGH!

Grimmy
 
IT'S ALIVE!!!! A lot of messing around for essentially starting over. Patience grasshopper.
 

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Well here's the 2016 haircut. Nothing like starting over**??##. I think this is a much better way to go than pruning those long branches and hope for a bud. Had some issues with the leaves getting ugly ( maybe fungus) late, late last summer......could be an issue ?? @JudyB . I repotted this spring into a more airy mix.....I may treat with Subdue just to be safe.
 

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Remember not to feed a lot before the leaves harden off. Also did you use kanuma in your mix? This has helped me.
 
Remember not to feed a lot before the leaves harden off. Also did you use kanuma in your mix? This has helped me.
Good to know about the feeding. Will do!! I didn't use kanuma. I did see that you use 100% kanuma and was wondering about the science of that. I put 25% growstone (expanded glass) gnat mix, which is more in line, size wise with normal bonsai media. I chose it for air content and it' hardness. Seem to me that kanuma is just less dense (lighter in weight/more air) than akadama and slightly more acidic (6.3 as to 6.5). Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking with it ;) at least for this year. I'll let you know if it worked. Thanks for your input!!
 
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