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Anyone into gardening here?
- Thread starter shanekingsley
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that’s not a yard, it’s a small nation.
Thanks for the advice on the birch tree, seems to be coming along nicely with the twice weekly deep watering.
As I may have mentioned, we also planted 3 black cedars.
Two are doing well, but one gets 3/4+ day of full sun and seems to be dying. Full disclosure, it is also the one closest to the basketball net and gets hit with the ball the most
Any advice?
And no, I'm not moving the net.
Only place for my kid to play while still in the fenced yard.
The cedars were put there to eventually provide some privacy and protect the lattice on the fence from the ball.
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As I may have mentioned, we also planted 3 black cedars.
Two are doing well, but one gets 3/4+ day of full sun and seems to be dying. Full disclosure, it is also the one closest to the basketball net and gets hit with the ball the most
Any advice?
And no, I'm not moving the net.
Only place for my kid to play while still in the fenced yard.
The cedars were put there to eventually provide some privacy and protect the lattice on the fence from the ball.
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It's actually about 1 1/2' away
The plan is to keep the back and front trimmed and let the sides grow into a hedge.
Again, that's the plan.
I also planned to be 50 lbs lighter by age 48.....
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Joe, if that tree is botanically a Thuja occidentalis 'nigra' then it may be too close to the fence in the future. They typically will get around 7ft diameter at maturity, so you can expect it to be 3.5ft radius.
However, that has nothing to do with what is happening now and likely the basketball has nothing to do with it either, unless someone yanked on the newly planted tree and slightly dislodged some of the roots shortly after planting. It could also be that when it was planted there were larger air pockets in the soil that were not properly tamped out, so now it is suffering from some degree of root desiccation.
This tree also prefers mildly moist conditions so you could water it almost as much as the birch - at least for the first year. Down the road you should also think about tying the main vertical branches about 3/4 up the tree together. This will help minimize snow loads from splitting/breaking branches and will give the tree a tighter appearance. Just be mindful that every year you should check on whatever material you used to tie the branches together to make sure they are not girdling the bark.
Sorry I couldn't help you more with what is happening right now with it - seems to me that it has more to do with something going on with the roots (ie soil drying out, air pockets) than with the location you planted it in. Cut back any of the stems that are truly dead and it will instantly look better! Then you can also see how much it is getting worse or not getting worse if you change the soil conditions.
However, that has nothing to do with what is happening now and likely the basketball has nothing to do with it either, unless someone yanked on the newly planted tree and slightly dislodged some of the roots shortly after planting. It could also be that when it was planted there were larger air pockets in the soil that were not properly tamped out, so now it is suffering from some degree of root desiccation.
This tree also prefers mildly moist conditions so you could water it almost as much as the birch - at least for the first year. Down the road you should also think about tying the main vertical branches about 3/4 up the tree together. This will help minimize snow loads from splitting/breaking branches and will give the tree a tighter appearance. Just be mindful that every year you should check on whatever material you used to tie the branches together to make sure they are not girdling the bark.
Sorry I couldn't help you more with what is happening right now with it - seems to me that it has more to do with something going on with the roots (ie soil drying out, air pockets) than with the location you planted it in. Cut back any of the stems that are truly dead and it will instantly look better! Then you can also see how much it is getting worse or not getting worse if you change the soil conditions.
Mad Mike
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Looks like a plain eastern cedar to me. It's going to grow 20' tall and about 8' around -- wrong spot.Thanks for the advice on the birch tree, seems to be coming along nicely with the twice weekly deep watering.
As I may have mentioned, we also planted 3 black cedars.
Two are doing well, but one gets 3/4+ day of full sun and seems to be dying. Full disclosure, it is also the one closest to the basketball net and gets hit with the ball the most
Any advice?
And no, I'm not moving the net.
Only place for my kid to play while still in the fenced yard.
The cedars were put there to eventually provide some privacy and protect the lattice on the fence from the ball.
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what’s for dessert?
^That’s cuz it a Japanese Maple not a tomato plant!
Robbo
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Well we don’t have any vegetable gardens (maybe at the next house), but we do have lots of perennials surrounding the pool. We do see a lot of beautiful birds and the neighbour’s mulberry tree is currently under seige.
Just this afternoon we were fortunate to have two special visitors...a hummingbird and a woodpecker
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Just this afternoon we were fortunate to have two special visitors...a hummingbird and a woodpecker
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Well we don’t have any vegetable gardens (maybe at the next house), but we do have lots of perennials surrounding the pool. We do see a lot of beautiful birds and the neighbour’s mulberry tree is currently under seige.
Just this afternoon we were fortunate to have two special visitors...a hummingbird and a woodpecker
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how often do you change the hummingbird feed? I have the exact same feeder....I attract diddly squat to mine.
Mad Mike
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Are getting lots in the yard this year. Baltimore Oriels, nuthatches, chickadees, blue jays, woodpeckers (Downey and yellow belly sapsuckers ), grackles, cowbirds, goldfinches, cardinals, doves, mallards, turkeys, brown bats.
Still waiting for hummingbirds and Pterodactyls.
Still waiting for hummingbirds and Pterodactyls.
Robbo
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In previous years, it was changed out every two to three weeks until I started seeing the level drop. I would only ever fill it up half full to minimize waste. I use a ratio of 4 parts water to 1 part sugar in spring, then change to a 5:1 ratio in mid-June.
This year, I put the feeder out and was disappointed as we normally see a hummingbird much earlier. But just this week, the level started dropping and my doubting wife said it’s just evaporation.
We saw it twice this afternoon which is unusual. Maybe she has a brood. I’ll set up to film the early morning feedings. I’ve never seen more than one at the feeder.
I found greater success the more red you put immediately around the feeder, the better chance of the hummingbirds locating your feeder. Being a Liverpool supporter, you must have lots of red around the house JC
. I have two red ribbons tied above mine along with the bottoms of two red Solo beer cups to mimic large red flowers.Fingers crossed you’ll see some soon. Tie a LFC scarf above yours JC
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