Saturday, October 18, 2014

Transplanting ginkgo seedling. 10.18.14

Ginkgo seedling.  10.18.14
 This was one of the ginkgo seedlings growing in a raised bed for irises.  Because of the mesh bottom of the beds, I was unable to get some of the roots.  Maybe most of the roots.   This is almost at the stage of being a rooted cutting.  Fall is a good time to plant, because it will not be hot, it will stay moist, and have a chance to grow some roots during the fall and spring.

It may not survive.  That's OK.  I have other, smaller seedlings.

I tried to prune off the slightly ragged base, but I think I caused more harm than good.

Ginkgo seedling roots.  10.18.14

It's planted in the location where the dead madrone was.  The madrone never took off, I left it in the ground but it has been a dead stick all year.


Ginkgo seedling.  10.18.14

6 comments:

  1. You lost most of the roots. But I think it got a fairly a good chance to survive. I'm looking forward for mine to germinate. My source of gingko nut seems to disappearing. Looks like someone else knows that its edible and have harvest the rest of the nuts. I have a batch that was washed and drying outside in the yard overnight which didn't make it till sun rise. Something ate the nuts. While the smelly unwashed nuts was untouched. Maybe its the same creature that ate my figs. Sometimes, you just can't win it all.

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  2. [URL=http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/lancegreen1/media/DSCF0951_zps99792758.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b499/lancegreen1/DSCF0951_zps99792758.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
    lets see if anything shows up on this msg.

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  3. The contrast in the photo is bad. But you are right I did lose most of the roots. I'm wondering if I should just dig it up and throw it away, and plant one of the smaller ones that I can get a more intact root mass. The benefit of the slightly larger size is probably minimal since there is so little root.

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  4. http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b499/lancegreen1/DSCF0951_zps99792758.jpg

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  5. I was able to view the fig photo "The beginning of the end" by editing the link and copying it into the browser. Internet life is complicated!

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  6. just learned how to use photobucket to hose the photos its a pain in the ass. but now I can let you see what I'm doing:
    http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b499/lancegreen1/DSCF0899_zps82718c11.jpg
    pepper in the ground have little ones.If you look carefully there's a worm hiding in there.

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