Orion_metalhead
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Tree is doing great! Added a fert bag the other day. Looking healthy. May double up the fertilizer into the summer.
Tilia Cordata (Linden) #1
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
Happy little lime!
Orion_metalhead
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Cut it back a little. Looking very good!
Before:
After, at new proposed front
Before:
After, at new proposed front
Orion_metalhead
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Yes, this is definitely the front. No questions asked. Going to go for a nice field style tree with a rounded canopy.
Orion_metalhead
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This was repotted this spring and is doing very nicely. Pruned back and wired the one low branch.
Orion_metalhead
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Unwired today. Branch held nicely. Hoping for a good prune next year on that branch and others. Top structure seems to be progressing naturally. Good root flare. Needs another repot.
Orion_metalhead
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Update. Swelling. Low branch needs better movement. Will prune with that in mind this year.
Orion_metalhead
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Hard pruned today:
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Wired new growth. Grew back in pretty good.
Orion_metalhead
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Daughter picked up and dropped pot and it clipped a paver and cracked... slip potted it into a spare grow box for now. Thankfully not a particularly special pot.
Orion_metalhead
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End of year. Happy with the new structure after the summer prune. Next year I'll let it grow out... maybe two years given the size of the grow box it's in. Plenty of room to run. I did root a cutting from this so I'll have another one to play with. I'll likely take more cuttings next year after spring fertilization. Anyway... looking good. Wire was removed also. Time to go back out into the cold on the ground under the benches.
Before cleanup:
After cleanup:
Close up of trunk:
Side view... quite flat. Need to get some depth to the tree:
Before cleanup:
After cleanup:
Close up of trunk:
Side view... quite flat. Need to get some depth to the tree:
Orion_metalhead
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Will probably wire soon. Some longgg shoots. Turned around on bench to get light to the back side. Happy with growth this year.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Now it's cookin! How do you fertilize this tree? I think I'd go for huge growth in this box for a couple years...
Orion_metalhead
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No fert. Its planted in a mix of compost pea gravel and perlite. I think theres enough nutrients in the compost to keep it happy. Ive been growing all my in development trees in this mix without issues other than pines. Holds water for two days even in summer but enough aeration to not have root issues.
Will probably repot next year honestly. Still getting roots sorted out. Once that is done, Ill go two or three years mostly unrestrained growth.
Will probably repot next year honestly. Still getting roots sorted out. Once that is done, Ill go two or three years mostly unrestrained growth.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
I thought that compost was a very slow release type of feeding. As long as you are getting good growth, it must be ok. I just wonder if you did some additional you might see a pickup of growth while it's in that box. They tend to really throw big impressive growth if unrestrained and fed well. (in my experience.)
Orion_metalhead
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I dont use the compost as a typical fertilizer. I use it as a soil component but the micronutrients are probably as much of a major benefit as the NPK. Mixed with inorganic components, the greenwaste compost granules act in the same way akadama seems to in terms of water retention but with the added benefit of nutrient value.
Orion_metalhead
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Removed some moss from the base, roots look good. Deciding if too late to defoliate... Also kind of want to take more cuttings.... hmmmm
leatherback
The Treedeemer
looks happy. Do you have good experience with rooting these as cuttings?
Orion_metalhead
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Yeah. I took maybe three cuttings last year. All three put off roots but I separated too early and lost the two smaller ones. The third is still alive but my daughter defoliated it a week ago.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Great, good to know. (not that I need a source. There are so many linden trees here in the region, I can do a 50 linden-seedling forest within an hour of searching for seedling I think.)
