Geoff:

I would recommend that you minimize the pruning on the Prunus mume, particularly if it has branch structure that you wish to retain and use in the spring. If the tree is going to be exposed to temperatures nearing 0-degrees c this winter, it could experience dieback.

The best time to hard prune the Mume is after it has flowered and the first flush of leaves has appeared. You can selectively defoliate to maintain desirable leave size at that time and also direct sapflow to sparse areas in the tree.

Prunus mume is a wonderful specimen, and its flowers are pleasingly fragrant. Obviously, these were either grown in the US from cuttings or imported years ago from overseas.

Cordially,

Michael Persiano
members.aol.com/iasnob


-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Hobson
To:
Sent: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:18:56 +0100
Subject: [IBC] site death ?


Yes,

I do not do repotting at this time of year, but I am doing a course on
Sunday next and will be working on a Prunus mume Japanese fowering Apricot
and the air layer that I removed in July as well as some other trees that
need a bit of styling. We are having a verymild autumn, with no frosts as
yet it has been very warm recently, with temps up to 22c in the last few
days, I think it is going to get colder soon,

There that is some extra activity on the list!!

Geoff.





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From:

Date: 10/13/05 21:02:53

To: ;

Subject: [IBC] site death ?



In a message dated 10/13/2005 3:42:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, m5eay
writes:

I am not getting much either.



Geoff



I think the list is just slow right now. Fall repotting for some and for
others busy getting ready for winter.

We always get a big surge just after Christmas and all the Mallsai questions


I did put out two comments that didn't stir interest:



Ficus heterpodia? Anyone else trying to grow it?



How much I like my Wrighteri religosa, a fragrant, blooming tropical.



Billy on the Florida Space Coast



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