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Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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Posted by
dedtired Eastern USA (
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Fri, Jun 15, 12 at 20:20
| Hi. I have this tree in a container. I've had it about 2.5 years. I was planning to plant it in the ground when I noticed that a wren had a nest in it. That was a month ago. While the birds were growing, the tree was dying or so I thought. The birds have left the nest, and I planned to just get rid of the tree, thinking it was more dead than alive. It looks like this, except right side up (part two to follow): |
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RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| However, when I looked at the tips, I discovered new growth (see pic). So, should I try planting it? Is there a reasonably good chance that it will recover and grow? |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| Well, you probably don't have much to lose at this point by trying to bring it back. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| Well, you probably don't have much to lose at this point by trying to bring it back. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| Well, you probably don't have much to lose at this point by trying to bring it back. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| Well, you probably don't have much to lose at this point by trying to bring it back. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| wow, I've never seen anybody accidentally quadruple-post! LOL! If there is new growth, it may be all right - Could've been heat, drought, cold, whatever. The answer lies in the roots, I would say. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| "Well, you probably don't have much to lose at this point by trying to bring it back." except for:
1. the lost opportunity to use the pot/space to grow something decent
2. a decent looking landscape that this unsightly waste of a plant precludes
3. all that wasted effort and concern squandered on this pitiful pain-in-the-neck
4. your reputation as a "green thumb", when your friends see this half-dead mess
5. the satisfaction you could receive by tossing this often-plagued plant in the trash! |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| LOL -- you have just sealed the doom of this poor little tree. Off to the compost heap it goes. I never knew DAS were so uniformly disliked. Quadruple post. A new record. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| That's OK, denninmi...there's been a gardenweb 'thing' going around of late. I discovered that I had posted 3 times to something in another forum not too long ago, lol. My posts have shown up twice a few times. This, after many years of never duplicating a post by accident. I agree with brandon on this. Plus, I would add that this plant will hurt your spirit each and every time you look at it. Heck, it hurts my eyes just looking at the picture, lol. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| of course it is disliked...it is popular and common. now make it a rare species or cultivar and you'll be inundated by oohs and aahs. is it dead? no. it suffered from sunburn over the winter. the plant is prone to this. would i keep it? unless there is a sentimental attachment, no. it's common, relatively cheap, no reason to keep it. if a gift from a beloved family member, the last gift from them before they tragically died, then i'd keep it. and if you want to cememt your reputation as a green thumb, keep pics, plant in a lightly shaded situation...and in a couple years, few years, brag about how you brought this plant back from the brink. just be vague as.to what brink that was. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| Quadruple post -- how does this happen? |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| I've noticed a big increase in double posts. I wonder why that is? Tree was a Home Depot special a couple years back. I have no affection whatsoever for big box stores, but as the proud owner of a money pit, I frequent them often (too often). Thanks. The only thing cemented is the fate of this tree -- compost. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| Hiya dedtired! :) The multi-posts are probably server or software work going on behind the scenes, having the same thing lately at Live.com and they are forever messing with the servers/software. Treat yourself to a new plant/tree to replace this one and you'll likely smile everytime you look at it, knowing you won't have to perform CPR just to get a pulse out of it. lol |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| I don't think that one person has mentioned that this plant is a spider mite magnet. Those little pests can do cause that kind of damage, too. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| It's on the compost heap. I now have a nice empty pot for something else. Yay. |
RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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- Posted by botann z8 SEof Seattle (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 17, 12 at 18:31
I don't think they are commonly disliked so much as commonly planted in the wrong spot, or in a container where they are liable to dry out. The back side shouldn't be readily viewable.
I used to have about ten that I started from cuttings. I've eliminated all but four over the years and that number will go down to three in a few days.
Not pictured is the one that's being eliminated.
Mike
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RE: Dwarf Alberta Spruce - dead or alive?
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| presuming you didnt throw the pot on the compost pile.. HOW ROOTBOUND WAS IT??? was there any potting media left in the pot??? ken |
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