What types of tree(s) is this?
Sarah
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Comments (15)I grew up with a 4 foot table topper that was ugly. My dad liked Christmas but his wife didn't. Ours is an artificial (7 1/2 ft) Mountain Pine. Hub & I each bought one the 1st year we were dating. I bought mine; he liked how it looked & went & bought one for his house. When we married; we never got rid of the 2nd tree because we figured we'd eventually give it to one of the kids when they move out if they want it. I've posted a similar picture- this shows the spare tree we put at dads house for his last Christmas. All of the decorations are mine; yes, I have enough for 3 or 4 full trees. I put some of each of our ornaments; my son collects trains & planes; daughter is bears; I'm Barbies; hub is fishing. Some of the ornaments on the tree were used on the tree my son & I set up when we lived with my parents after I got divorced; I also used some glass balls I found in our gas station attic. My tree is similar to what I did for dad except I have larger glass balls. I bought a bunch of new ones when we moved to the new house; blue, white & silver. I wanted to add ribbon to the tree; even bought a lot of it but haven't had time to actually use it....See MorePlease share about your indoor avocado tree(s)
Comments (2)Hello Aaron, I'm very new to avocados- have just had one for about six months. I primarily grow plumeria and citrus, but have just one dwarf Fuerte avocado. Have a 16' x 16' indoor greenhouse which has 8 T5HO 4 foot lights. I also have some additional LED lights for the avocado and citrus trees. I live in a wet, cold and very grey year round climate, so everything stays indoors in the greenhouse. My avocado is 4 feet tall and in a 5 gallon container. It's in a 5:1:1 soil (5 parts Repti-bark, 1 part perlite and 1 part Miracle grow potting soil). I water approximately every 5 days about 8 cups water. Fertilizer is a half dose of Osmocote, and then 1/2 dose of Foliage Pro and Pro-Tekt every other week. I bought the tree from Four Winds. It looked terrific when I bought it but within a month leaves dropped and turned brown. Now it looks beautiful again- lots of green healthy leaves popping. I'm out of town at the moment but will post a pic when I get home. Best wishes. Nancy...See MoreWhat’s Eating This Linden Tree?
Comments (4)Linden leaves are like candy to many insects. While they tend to get chewed on more than other trees, it's usually not enough to be harmful to the tree. It's cosmetic, like gardengal says. Complete defoliation is another story, but you'd notice if an outbreak of caterpillars was present. And that doesn't happen all that often. I haven't seen Japanese beetle in my area (north side of the cities) yet this year and usually don't until around the 4th of July or later. And we did have a pretty late spring this year....See MoreWhat’s wrong with this maple tree?
Comments (5)With all due respect to Al, I am not at all sure that is the case of the rootstock taking over :-) The most common rootstock for any type of Japanese maple is the straight species, Acer palmatum. It's easy to produce and inexpensive - easily grown from seed. But it will rarely ever be anything but a typical upright form with typical palmate leaves. Even the weeping dissectums - like 'Crimson Queen' - are grafted to standard A. palmatum rootstock. If you look carefully at the photo of the 'reverting' tree, the green branches are not growing upright (or even very horizontally) and the leaves are not palmate. The green branches weep and the leaves are dissected.....that does not sound like a graft failure. I have seen a number of those with weeping laceleafs and the difference in appearance is remarkable! There are very obviously two types of trees growing, with the rootstock growing straight up through and above the weeping portion and with a very different leaf shape. And sometimes color. But that does not mean I fully discount Al's theory either! There are any number of reasons why red leafed JM's change color but rarely to that degree or so completely from red to green. And the color change is typically seasonal as well so the tree would appear as typical - with red leaves - early in the season. I get the impression that is not case here. So having no other valid reason or even a well-considered opinion as to why the severe and almost complete color change, Al's contention that your red laceleaf was grafted on a green laceleaf rootstock is a reasonable explanation. A photo of the base of the tree graft location should certainly help to clarify things :-)...See MoreSarah
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