Tsuga Canadensis study group

[VAFisher]

What mine looks like 7 years in.

 

[Underdog]

Thanks. How long has it looked like that? Did it take all 25 years?

I've had it for 4-5 years. Already like that when we dug them. I've access to a ton of them. Old tree farm.

 

[MrFancyPlants]

What mine looks like 7 years in.
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If you want to rush the barking up, you could always put it in an Anderson Flat for a few years and let some sacrifice branches run.
I’ve found it good to let the canopy grow out each year and then cut back in the winter to stimulate back budding. The coarser growth brings the branches down with the weight of the foliage, and may help with the bark development as well.

 

[rusticana]

Moisture rich enviro . In most cases warmer climates . Ie longer grow season . Milder winter . Leads to evolution of trees to take advantage . Most don’t consider the effect of water . On weather . Example Ottawa Canada is almost the exact same distance from the equator as Moscow . But Moscow has a much colder harsher climate . The difference is water . In the form of the Great Lakes on North America. They moderate the temp of all the land around them . And add moisture to the weather , there surrounded by forest and farm land . Look at the prairies. Colder dryer. I live about 1/2 way from Ottawa to the St Lawrence river . Work in Ottawa . But even that 45 minute drive changes weather not . From heading south but getting closer to water . Almost every day . 1 to 2 degrees cooler in sumner and 1 to 2 degrees warmer in winter .

Ontario is a great place. I lived there a while at Georgian Bay. The "lake effect/snow belt"? Trees also go dormant (sort of) during the hottest driest time and stop growing. On the west coast of Vancouver island and north up the coast the ocean breeze coolls things down and brings moisture. I think in some places things are growing year round?