Look Happy to me. so I wouldn't worry either....

Mike you should start and run your generator every spring for about 10 minutes to ensure it works when you want it to....

Yea Hetty

I know that and is PROCRASTINATION i was a mechanic before a chef. I figured the longer I have it i will never need it..

Melissa

i love those plants also id like a bushy one!!

Those plants must be fifteen years old. In the ground makes them get really big, unless they go dry at times from great drainage and no rain.

And here's a laugh! The caudex was rotted, so I carved off the rot, and hung what was left. Then put it in nearly pure perlite, after root bumps developed when it was hanging. Just little feeder roots all around, then there's a tennis-ball size and shape--- What do you call that? A storage root?

Melissa I watched a video of some one who had one just like yours! He cut the top off about a half inch from the top of the ball root, then planted it in the most shallow of dishes in only about an inch of soil! I wondered what would happen to it if he had it outside and the smallest of breezes came by? But the after shot when it was in the fancy dish for two years it looked great. As shallow as the dish was he had huge drain holes in the bottom. It seems to have worked.

I do have to repot the one that I was going to cut, the pot disintegrated during our last big rain a week or so ago. It was in a very shallow pot, with mostly small gravel and charcoal and a little bit of dirt. That pot was one of the local clay pots, they are fired at low temps and don't last long. I'm going to put it in a concrete pot this time but probably one that is just as shallow. Keeping the pot shallow seems to help me keep them from rotting in our high humidity and heavy summer rains.

On other types of plants that seem to be developing rot, I have diluted hydrogen peroxide with water and used it to drench the soil, it seems to get rid of the rot. It also works on algae in my ponds. Doesn't harm the fish at the dilution I use and mainly it is just oxygenated water.

Good stuff, H2O2, but too strong and it can kill. I use, occasionally, 1/4 cup in 1 gallon of water..

i did tuck the tops in soil to see if they would root...

Yes, some are. see tiny leaves???

The tops are leafing out on the hard pruned ones too!!!

Great job!!

more plants and the pruned ones are looking great before you know it they will be bushy and setting flowers!!!

great job kinda gives you a proud feeling yes?

mike

btw i was just watering my plants can you believe i hand water all plants still? i stopped counting at 367 and i was not 1/2 way done!!! and didn't count any seedlings and a lot more ,,,,,oh and wait i have 2 boxes coming one with 4 cuttings and one with plants and cuttings maybe 10 or more i have no idea driving Wil crazy we are buying at least 13 more trees/cuttings tomorrow (hes gonna kill me he said yes then forgets what all he agreed to!!!)) Big sale in a few days ALL must go!! listing 100's of plants

looking forward to the BIG SALE!!!

Looking good Charleen, have you tried grafting yet, I bet in about a month you'll be learning to carve the caudex into various shapes. If I'm successful at my attempt at grafting, I'm going to try carving. I wish they had videos of some one actually carving, all I find is the plant after it's done.

Jim

Not yet. I wouldn't know what to graft to what Jim. but it sure is exciting watching the little leaves form from what all I did to them. i love it.

I hard pruned one of mine last week, it was the first time I tried it. It doesn't look like I killed it. Did I do it properly?

Looks fine to me. Keep a close eye for the tiny buds that will start in a few days.

I left one branch because it had nice buds in it. I didn't have the heart to whack it.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to dust those cuts with some cinnamon.

Cute caudex, looks like he's kneeling. Or trying to run?

Looks great you will not be sorry just keep those ends dry till they are sealed and I agree with Hetty.


great job cant wait to see how it grows

Melissa, I particularly like the caudex on this one! And the buds are opening... take a look!



Hetty, I just sprinkled the stubs with cinnamon, for good measure. Thanks for the tip!