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Experimenting with Fortune's spindle.
Cut some off the yrees on the side of the road at about my face hight. Going to put them in the unheated basement in a plastic bag.
If anything some of them can stand being killed - invasive species.
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Well, all three pieces are budding up. Would be interested to see if they rooted in spring...
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I got a surprise at how much growth this ficus had put on (summer here). It was severely trunk chopped and defoliated late December and had a very hard root prune at repotting early Jan. It was sitting under a bench in a water tray so i wasn't really looking at it much. I need to get it in and do an initial branch selection. For scale the basket it is in is about 40cm wide.
 

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Well, well. Guess things were moving along faster than I thought. I’ve seen two, maybe three little heads looking around from under the mother’s skirt. They got a lot bigger than I expected this early. They may be able to fly in a week or two. Cold front hits here tomorrow night, but lows are only expected to get down to maybe 28-30F. Such is central Florida. May see snow flurries but nothing will stick.

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Well, well. Guess things were moving along faster than I thought. I’ve seen two, maybe three little heads looking around from under the mother’s skirt. They got a lot bigger than I expected this early. They may be able to fly in a week or two. Cold front hits here tomorrow night, but lows are only expected to get down to maybe 28-30F. Such is central Florida. May see snow flurries but nothing will stick.

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We have some that nest on a shelf on our carport every year multiple times think it's the offspring that also use the nest. For the last 18 years. It's neat seeing them grow and fly off. They get so friendly we can get within inches of them without them getting startled.
 
We have some that nest on a shelf on our carport every year multiple times think it's the offspring that also use the nest. For the last 18 years. It's neat seeing them grow and fly off. They get so friendly we can get within inches of them without them getting startled.
That’s awesome. They won’t be able to reuse this nest because I will trim off that frond this year, but if they feel safe in this spot they can pick a higher frond. Finally got a good shot of one of the baby’s foliage. Nice camouflage.

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Ahead of the storm, but more importantly the sub zero air temps coming and possibly 25 below windchil tomorrow i got tarps up around the cave side and end. Other end is stairs blocking a lot of wind but breathable. Hope the tarps stay up in the wind. 20260126_171740.jpg
 
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Moved this Jade into full Sun today after being under cover to save it from the rain.
Rot issues on healing wounds, gutted
Most rain ive seen over Summer.
 
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