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Hot=Cold-hot-cold. Lost bonsai

Posted by paul3636 6a Ma. (My Page) on
Thu, May 31, 07 at 23:35

Did everyone in zones 5, 6, and 7 lose more trees than usual this year.
There was at least 2 occasions when the temp went from 80 degrees to 25 degrees with a lot of wind.
I lost at least 8 (that could go up) and many many cuttings.
My seeds did well. Lots of Japanese and korean maple seedlings.
Could something like wilt pruf help. I live in a condo townhouse and have no inside storage.
Paul


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RE: Hot=Cold-hot-cold. Lost bonsai

  • Posted by sta4 z5 WI (My Page) on
    Fri, Jun 1, 07 at 9:57

I'm in zone 5 (wisconsin) and lost 6 to the temp swings (and 4 more to chipmunks and/or mice chewing them up). I also have a few that budded out but only have a couple of leaves. I don't think wiltpruf would help- and inside storage could be worse than leaving them be. I kept them on the north side of my garage wall to minimize the temperature swings. Unfourantely this is part of bonsai and there isn't a whole lot that can be done.


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RE: Hot=Cold-hot-cold. Lost bonsai

I'm still watching a trident maple, a bloodgood maple, a paperbark maple, 3 of 5 E. beech and 2 chnese elms. On the elms I was told not to give up until about July 4th.
I have had a clematis come back in the middle of July so I will follow this advise.
5 bristle cone pines in one pot have made it thru fine but have lost a Japanese black pine and a dragons eye pine.
Paul


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