New and Unread Tree-Mails
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Peterborough  Antfeathers Jun 12, 2020 3:01 AM CST |
Hi  I had these delivered but to the wrong address and they have been lying on a pallet for some days. Are they recoverable by planting out or I should forget and request new. Thanks |
Name: Big Bill Livonia, Michigan (Zone 6a) American Orchid Society Judge              BigBill Jun 12, 2020 5:27 AM CST |
| They seem to be in good shape but they won't stay that way forever. Send them back. I feel that if you had the slightest inclination to plant them, you would have done so already! Rodney Wilcox Jones, my idol! Businessman, Orchid grower, hybridizer, lived to 107! |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI Jun 12, 2020 11:00 AM CST |
| I would send them back. They look pretty crispy and the roots have been allowed to dry out because there are no pots to keep them damp. The crispy leaves will not green up again. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Peterborough Antfeathers Jun 12, 2020 1:01 PM CST |
BigBill said:They seem to be in good shape but they won't stay that way forever. I am in my 70!s and isolated, the company I bought them from have terrible reviews and never answered my 8 e mails about delivery that has taken 2 months. I have my son in law To do the planting, the chance of returning is impossible. I just wanted to know if they will live if planted tomorrow |
Name: Big Bill Livonia, Michigan (Zone 6a) American Orchid Society Judge BigBill Jun 12, 2020 1:12 PM CST |
| This keeps changing. If you can't return them then plant them. Not one of us can guarantee anything. You plant them this weekend. I don't agree really and think that they look pretty good to me! At this point you plant them, water them well for 6 weeks or so in order for them to establish. Make sure that when you water that you are confident that the whole root mass gets water. I think that they will be just fine. Yews are fairly hearty. Dig a proper sized hole for each, set the yew in position and backfill hole 1/2 way with soil, then water so water sits in hole. Start the next yew. By the time you get the second yew in place and water with 1/2 soil, the first one's water should have soaked in. When it has soaked in, complete filling with soil. Once you have them all planted, top water a bit more. BUT BY FILLING HALF WAY AND WATERING, YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM THE BEST START THAT YOU CAN! Good luck!!! Rodney Wilcox Jones, my idol! Businessman, Orchid grower, hybridizer, lived to 107! |
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