Cruiser
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Douglas-fir bud break
4/12-5/1
4/12-5/1
Observations from Cruiser’s garden
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Cruiser
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1 year’s root growth in a collected noble fir.
Cruiser
Omono
Noble fir bud break. 4/12-5/1
Differences in light exposure, vigor, and collection timing create variation in buds.
Many terminal buds are wrapped in needles. Some have a waxy coating. These features help protect developing buds.
Leader buds are especially protected. For a forest tree, they are the most important. Getting taller is a priority.
Strong buds are somewhat woody/scaled in appearance.
A welcome sight. What every collector of firs hopes to see in following seasons. Highlighter green growth emerging.
Differences in light exposure, vigor, and collection timing create variation in buds.
Many terminal buds are wrapped in needles. Some have a waxy coating. These features help protect developing buds.
Leader buds are especially protected. For a forest tree, they are the most important. Getting taller is a priority.
Strong buds are somewhat woody/scaled in appearance.
A welcome sight. What every collector of firs hopes to see in following seasons. Highlighter green growth emerging.
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Cruiser
Omono
Alpine fir bud break. 4/12-4/27
Buds are waxy and grayish.
For this tree, buds open sooner than they do for silver and noble firs.
In nearly all of my mountainous conifers, leader buds are the last to open. Better to emerge a little later than be killed by a late spring frost.
Buds are waxy and grayish.
For this tree, buds open sooner than they do for silver and noble firs.
In nearly all of my mountainous conifers, leader buds are the last to open. Better to emerge a little later than be killed by a late spring frost.
Cruiser
Omono
April. Silver fir bud break.
Engelmann spruce
Sitka spruce
Growing tip of western red cedar.
Engelmann spruce
Sitka spruce
Growing tip of western red cedar.
Cruiser
Omono
Spring is pest season. Fresh growth is vulnerable and easy to digest.
Balsam twig aphid on silver fir. They strike early, within days of shoots emerging. Eggs overwinter on the host tree. Last year, these were a problem. They’re not as bad this time.
Unknown pathogen on Alaska yellow cedar.
It appears to be some kind of rust. I need to piece together what the other host species is.
Balsam twig aphid on silver fir. They strike early, within days of shoots emerging. Eggs overwinter on the host tree. Last year, these were a problem. They’re not as bad this time.
Unknown pathogen on Alaska yellow cedar.
It appears to be some kind of rust. I need to piece together what the other host species is.
