In reply to your 2 questions: Yes, it would be better to plant them in the
raised bed, mulch them after the first hard frost, and leave them there
until the spring night temp. remains above 40F consistently. Placing them in
a poly house is not advisable because there would not be a consistent
dormancy. If left in the raised bed it will be safe to pot and prune them in
the spring.. As to 2 transplants fairly close together, I think a 4 month
interlude should be OK, provided they go thru a normal dormancy.
Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beckenbach, Jay"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: [IBC] Satsuki Help Needed
Marty, thanks for the idea. These plants don't need additional ground
growing but the raised bed and perlite idea isn't really ground growing.
I
have a hoop house I've just put up for next winter so it might go into
that.
This needs thought. If I go this way, when would the plants come out of
the
bed, next spring or in '05? These plants are strong now. Would two
transplanting so close together help or harm? With the double roots and
nice trunk between on many plants, would they be better put back on their
original roots now or when the come out of the bed? Nice idea, thanks -
jay
Jay Beckenbach - Melrose, FL - Zone 8b/9a -
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin ]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:35 PM
To: Beckenbach, Jay;
Subject: [IBC] Satsuki Help Needed
Since you have so many plants, you could build a raised bed for them (
bordered with 2 x 10 boards). Fill the bed with a mix of peat and
perlite,
plant them about the same level they were at in the park. Good luck!
Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beckenbach, Jay"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:52 PM
Subject: [IBC] Satsuki Help Needed
Or what I did on my "vacation"
I took yesterday afternoon and this morning off because the Grounds
Department told me they were removing some satsuki yesterday. I had
previously looked and they seemed to be planted in fairly uniform groups
as
a decorative mass plantings. So I brought my hand tools and showed up.
So
wrong!
First, they were removed Monday morning a just piled back behind a
utility
shed. Next, no one told the crew doing the work that someone from the
local
bonsai group was going to be coming by. Finally, the plants had been
planted over twenty years ago and some of them much too deep so the
visible
portion of the plants were really branches of bigger plants. Naturally,
they ground layered at that point giving many plants two root systems.
I took 22 plants home with me last night after drastically pruning the
tops.
Boy are my hands sore. I've washed out the roots and have them covered
with
a wet sheet in the shade near my potting shed. This morning the ones
with
leaves looked happier so I've potted up 6 using the original roots where
they are acceptable (some were not planted as low as others and two
never
had their original roots spread when initially planted so the original
roots
didn't grow much). The 6 have been re-washed and put into a 50/50 mix
of
vermiculite and peat moss (or moss peat for those on the old side of the
pond). I plan to do the rest as soon as possible and are keeping the
roots
wet with the sheet.
Here's the question, what can I do to increase the survival rate? All
suggestions gratefully accepted. I get the digest for lunch
entertainment
so if I do not respond immediately, that may be the reason. TIA - jay
Jay Beckenbach - Melrose, FL - Zone 8b/9a -
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