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So the weather was fairly ordinary today and I live in NSW so I decided to drive to Cooma which is about 70 ks away for a dig .
The weather turned while I was potting them up so . To be continued ..

Sno wrote: ↑August 21st, 2020, 6:30 pm So the weather was fairly ordinary today and I live in NSW so I decided to drive to Cooma which is about 70 ks away for a dig .

Wow, massive effort there Sno.

Anyone who digs a plum is a champion.
Well done.

Hi Rory . Interesting times , I never would of thought I would miss Vic . ‘ Respect ‘ for the people and there families doing it tough down south . Hopefully we will get through this .

Watto , what are my chances with plums when I chop off roots like this ?



One becomes two Photos aren’t the best ,it was pretty miserable outside . The middle trunk was dead and rotten down to nearly the base . The second one is still attached to what is left of the stump . I was thinking of leaving more of the stump but I figured if it lives by the time I put into a pot in 4 or so years it would of rotted away too much .

You should be fine Sno i started with this early July. The new buds are from last week.

As a rule of thumb plums are tough. They grow from root cuttings and that attribute indicates that throwing roots out is done readily. On the negative side it's a largish trunk so that makes it more difficult. So that means I'm 60% confident of success.
Of course I hope it thrives, for the sake of the plum collecting community.

Thanks Keels that gives me hope .

Watto wrote: ↑August 23rd, 2020, 7:26 am So that means I'm 60% confident of success.

Well that’s better than 50 % . I am going to mask up and go to town tomorrow to get some wheelie bin bags and give ‘sweating ‘ a go .

Another Elm broom in the making , potted today . Seiju from a cutting ,the pot is a Salvo .

You certainly go from one extreme to the other Sno, first that big plum you dug and now this tiny elm. I suppose the digging of the plum would have kept you warm in that "ordinary" weather. Good luck with it.

This helps keep you warm too.... a little mid-arvo nip.... .... lovely little elm Sno!


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Love the little Elm Sno
Cheers
Kirky

Raging Bull wrote: ↑August 23rd, 2020, 2:12 pm You certainly go from one extreme to the other Sno, first that big plum you dug and now this tiny elm. I suppose the digging of the plum would have kept you warm in that "ordinary" weather. Good luck with it.

Thanks RB , I prefer the smaller ones , but plums are all Watto’s fault he keeps telling us how good they are , so I had to join the P A C ( Plum Appreciation Club ) I am looking forward to the fruits of my labour.

MJL wrote: ↑August 23rd, 2020, 2:25 pm This helps keep you warm too.... a little mid-arvo nip....


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And here I was feeling sorry for Victorian’s in lock down and all this time they are just sitting around boozing . Thanks MJL , have one for me .

Thanks KIRKY I am looking forward to developing this one further .

Trident maple that got badly frosted a couple of years and the top died off . Who knows it could end up being a more interesting tree . I put it into a nursery flat and figured while a was changing the top I would approach graft some new roots onto it to improve the nebari . This year I removed the top off 3 of them . There was one I removed last year which is started to blend in nicely .

I dug a few more plums . That’s enough plums for me , sorry Watto I am all plumbed out .

Years of fun work in front of you there Sno. Keep us updated.

Nice dry stone wall in the background.
Cheers
Symon