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[IBC] SV: [IBC] Fukien Tea tree
Hi Billy & all,
You say that you don't grow cascade "that way"... Can you please tell me a better way to create a cascade? Honestly, I thought this was the only way (please refer to my first posting for descriptions). However, thanks for the reply Billy! ..per arne snip ------------------------------------------- Billy said: I don't grow under lights and have never tried to create a cascade the way you did. Having said that, my Fukien Teas seem to lose leaves without rime or reason, but always come back. Yes, I have seen this stop - start behavior also. Billy on the Florida Space Coast End of snip ----------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Jerry Meislik++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] SV: [IBC] Fukien Tea tree
I suppose I have never really tried to grow a full cascade however I
have used wire to get a branch to turn down over the side of the pot. I have heard of putting the pot on its side with the cascade branch up, but never totally upside down. That doesn't mean it wouldn't work but I would think that since you are already stressing a plant by growing it in a pot and indoors that growing it upside down would really put a lot of extra stress on the plant and roots. How long did you leave the plant upside down? Did you turn it up to water? Billy You say that you don't grow cascade "that way"... Can you please tell me a better way to create a cascade? Honestly, I thought this was the only way (please refer to my first posting for descriptions). Billy said: I don't grow under lights and have never tried to create a cascade the way you did. Having said that, my Fukien Teas seem to lose leaves without rime or reason, but always come back. Yes, I have seen this stop - start behavior also. Billy on the Florida Space Coast ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Jerry Meislik++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] SV: [IBC] Fukien Tea tree
Well, I don't have any fukien tea cascades, but one of the ways that I have
created a cascade is to grow the collected material so that it lies flat. Foliage is trained with the final position of the tree in mind. Then I tilt the pot by propping it with a brick to take the tree downwards. Over a period of time you slowly move the tree closer to the vertical. Eventually you repot, but tilt the new pot in the opposite direction so that the tree is at a similar angle to what it was before you repotted. You continue the tilting process until it is vertical. voila! cascade two caveats. 1. some species don't grow down, when you start to tilt they stop growing at the end. I think your method might work better here. 2. You usually end up with roots at the top of the cascade that are exposed and can be unsightly. I'm hoping they'll thicken and look a little more presentable in the future otherwise, I may have to remove them eventually or hide them with an apex. well anyway that how I've done it. Leslie St. John Barbados West Indies "Per Arne Pedersen" wrote in message news:000401c2cb77$a458b960$078afea9@Calypot... Hi Billy & all, You say that you don't grow cascade "that way"... Can you please tell me a better way to create a cascade? Honestly, I thought this was the only way (please refer to my first posting for descriptions). +++++ |
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