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**plantbrain** · 03-09-2013, 03:53 AM

Ficus are good 1st trees.

My White Pine is doing well, I think I'll use some Shade cloth this summer though.

All my trees are sprouting new leaves, the moss has really become almost overwhelming on my Juniper. I managed to pull my Ficus inside anytime it got near freezing, so they have all their leaves in good shape still this year.

New sprouting is a good time to trim IME to get the right shape and to direct tree resources to the right areas.

My very nice Azalea got cooked by not watering 1 day last summer when it was 100F, I lost about 1/2 the perfect tree. I'm hoping it'll regrow this spring, but I have doubts, the toasted parts do not appear to be coming back. 1 day, that was all it took.

Time for shade cloth.

03-09-2013, 03:53 AM	#463
plantbrain Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (232/100%) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The swamp Posts: 11,996	Ficus are good 1st trees. My White Pine is doing well, I think I'll use some Shade cloth this summer though. All my trees are sprouting new leaves, the moss has really become almost overwhelming on my Juniper. I managed to pull my Ficus inside anytime it got near freezing, so they have all their leaves in good shape still this year. New sprouting is a good time to trim IME to get the right shape and to direct tree resources to the right areas. My very nice Azalea got cooked by not watering 1 day last summer when it was 100F, I lost about 1/2 the perfect tree. I'm hoping it'll regrow this spring, but I have doubts, the toasted parts do not appear to be coming back. 1 day, that was all it took. Time for shade cloth. __________________ Regards, Tom Barr