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Mame
So...
I ordered my first Maple a couple weeks ago (and a Peter Adams book to accompany it) and I was so excited to get home and unpack it.
I brought it on to my second story deck to inspect it and then finally put it on my bench for safe keeping until next year.
I go inside to grab a beer and my phone to take a few pictures. As I walk out the door the handle catches my sleeve.
The beer splashes onto my shirt and causes me to turn like a Tasmanian Devil.
Turns out the tree wasn't on the bench. I left it on the railing. Too late to catch it I watch it tumble all the down onto the back deck.
I almost didn't want to run down and look at the disaster but I had to.
Luckily the tree fell straight down onto its bottom and it flew out of the nursery pot, cracking it and spilling it's soil everywhere.
I quick grabbed a pond basket, as much of its soil as possible, and some leftover I had at the bottom of a bag. I carefully placed it into it's now home and gave it a good watering.
Lucky for my it was the hottest week of the year...lol.
I diligently missed the leaves multiple times a day, kept it in a shadier area, and made sure to keep it properly watered.
To my horror the leaves started turning brown and crunchy and I thought it was a gonner. Every day more and more leaves dropped and the tree looked more and more sad.
I wasn't close to giving up but In the back of my head I thought I killed it.
Luckily this week wasn't too hot in Pa. And there were a few overcast days and a little rain.
I went out onto my deck a couple days as I normally do to check on things and water. To my surprise I found signs of little buds pushing!
These pictures are from today and it looks like they're moving right along.
I'm so relieved.
I ordered my first Maple a couple weeks ago (and a Peter Adams book to accompany it) and I was so excited to get home and unpack it.
I brought it on to my second story deck to inspect it and then finally put it on my bench for safe keeping until next year.
I go inside to grab a beer and my phone to take a few pictures. As I walk out the door the handle catches my sleeve.
The beer splashes onto my shirt and causes me to turn like a Tasmanian Devil.
Turns out the tree wasn't on the bench. I left it on the railing. Too late to catch it I watch it tumble all the down onto the back deck.
I almost didn't want to run down and look at the disaster but I had to.
Luckily the tree fell straight down onto its bottom and it flew out of the nursery pot, cracking it and spilling it's soil everywhere.
I quick grabbed a pond basket, as much of its soil as possible, and some leftover I had at the bottom of a bag. I carefully placed it into it's now home and gave it a good watering.
Lucky for my it was the hottest week of the year...lol.
I diligently missed the leaves multiple times a day, kept it in a shadier area, and made sure to keep it properly watered.
To my horror the leaves started turning brown and crunchy and I thought it was a gonner. Every day more and more leaves dropped and the tree looked more and more sad.
I wasn't close to giving up but In the back of my head I thought I killed it.
Luckily this week wasn't too hot in Pa. And there were a few overcast days and a little rain.
I went out onto my deck a couple days as I normally do to check on things and water. To my surprise I found signs of little buds pushing!
These pictures are from today and it looks like they're moving right along.
I'm so relieved.
