u/mobiledynamics

For those more familiar with firs in General

JWP. Arrived about 2 weeks ago. It seems fine sofar minus I noticed on the very main leader-top of this tree, there is like 5-6 needles that have tinge of brown . I cannot recall if it was there when I unboxed it.

I've been eyeballing it every day since observing the brown needles but sofar, all others parts of this tree appear healthy with no stress

Can someone shed some light on this.....in the last year or 18 months, my local pharmacy seems to undergone full staff overhauls

Prior to that, generally the employees were the consistent.

However, literally I feel like the entire staff changed at one point, and I've notice it has happened 2X already

Is this a new thing or just my particular location

Curious for those that may slip pot a conifer received for a year if one is planning to do root correction before planting or just container planting in general

Do you go out of your way ....re mychorizza when you're putting it into a soil less medium.

I do, if it's not going into the ground. Granted, there should be some level of it on plant received, but I do inoculate my roots with Myco if it's going into a container for good measure.

I have NO IDEA how the bonsai guys do it....as I see them bare root this stuff or close to it....and put in fresh potting medium and call it a day.

I literally feel like I'm on walking on glass when doing container conifers and always tend to inoculate the roots with Myco ......just to mitigate turning around and seeing brown needles down the road.

Is candle-decandeling ultimately up to the owner and the shape they want the plant ?

Just looking at my new JWP received from grower. Possible for shape but it appears that for at least a good portion of the branching, they have been decandlifng it every season down to one candle. Some portion of the framework is not *bushy* but more pyramidal due to just leaving one candle growth on each branch .

Just curious how many days you leave a mail order plant alone to harden off since it's been inside a dark box for a week.

I think I'm going to play it safe and leave it in shade for 2 weeks....before I introduce it to sun.

I have a Hana, received as a tuber, It is 3 main brach points, each about 30 inches long. It has primarily grown in length and branching on the branching off the leader.

YAASSS ......as I was checking out the plant, and I see a new BUD point right below the exisiting branching. Here's hoping next year, will will throw out a new vigourous branch on it.

For those familiar with JWP, some of the ends of next year buds show 5 buds.

Others seem to show 3 buds with possible smaller buds not yet showing.

I can candle prune next year, but I recall seeing a video or 2. Is removing the -center- bud a thing to do in JWP during fall to displace energy for the other buds

For those that have Strawberry Spring, what color is the foliage on yours once it's past its -spring color.

I did have one.....never took off on its second season.

I am thinking about replacing it, or I am heavily leaning on a FireGlow as I just want' some non greens this time of the year

Making room for some conifers, so Mila and Hoshi Yadori have got to go. NYC if anyone is interested in these 2 cultivars

I have some JM's in large 45 containers.

I tried some companion plants.....the black Mondo grass or Ogdon Stonecrop did not survive the winter. It never came back

However, other companion plants did. While I like the look.....I ended up removing them today. I just took a shovel to where I saw it coming from the base (one sedum was about 2 feet long from the base) and dug out the perimeter and ripped it out with a decent rootball.

I am not sure how much of the roots stayed in the pot but what I ripped out was a decent 8-10 inch thick root back in height. I was expecting more....but then again this is shallow rooted planted AFAIK

I removed them mainly as I felt like possibly, it was too much competition for roots or water, even in my large pots with my large trees.

I still have one Coral Bell in One Pot, but this tree, ha, in theory, I'm trying to minimize growth so I'm thinking the companion planting is giving it a -bonsai- effect to the tree

I'll have to wait till next year to see its bones....but my JP is established enough to do some structural pruning on it. I've generally removed the oddball inward branching but in my mind, time to prune out a branch or 2 and let that energy focus on what I what the framework to be.

I do see a lower new branch that is below the existing older branching....that I definitely want it to grow out more.

It's fall....I'm outta room so I'm digging up trees I'm not happy with and planting new things....

Mila - Mine's a few years old, about 7-8 feet. Maybe it needs a few more years but nothing about it says WOW to me.

Sunny Shirasawanum. I bought it for a full sun siting. This thing does not like full sun. My Moonrise Shirawaum does not burn and this one does in the same siting. Granted the foliage on Sunny is not *green* like Moonrise this time of the year , but's it's like half bleached out yellow and half brown crisp.

One that is being dug out but not being sold...just repotted. Not a GM. Ginkgo Snow Cloud....this this is very very very slow growing. Almost as slow growing as my Icebreaker

What's not green in your JM garden this time of year

For me, it's Summer Gold, Sunny Shirawawn, Pung Kil, Iijame Sunago, First Flame has some tinge of color on the new summer flush foliage. In the Shady section, Hana Matoi, Usugumo is creamy.....and I think that's about it .

Everything is all green .

I bought a Lileeanes Jewel to add some color but that died on me.

Probably going to plant a Emperor 1 or Shania

Zero JM at my local nursery except for less than a handful of the most popular cultivars at typical *northeast* rates. Which IME is anywhere from 2X to 3X the price than the same sizes sold out west.

So how I got into JM growing if not my main supply is the few JM mail orders houses

Mail order does offer much more cultivars.

I've always been amazed on the pricing out West for similar stuff...

However, I must say this as it was a slight eye opener recently...

There are decent nurseries I've come across within a half days driving ......and the pricing for the large 6qt to ball burlap stock is easily just the same as possibly those itty bitty 3G XL or 5G - 7G that I am able to mail order if if's offered in those sizes. And that's even before shiping

Such an eye opener than there are local larger farms:nurseries in the NE corridor that do have JM's and FIRS at same:similar pricing for the sizes being sold. To the effect that for the 3-4 dozen of the mail orders I may have, all of them feel so over priced after today.......

How good or bad is gsuite when it comes to scanning links in email

There was a email with link to a malicious screen connect .msi package

Are exes, msi, generally scanned on links within a email ?

:-(

Deer nibbled the tip of my the leader of my JWP last year. NO new candles this year from said leader tip.

The 2nd year needles still remain on this branch but it starting to show signs it is going to fade.

At currently time, I can see the tree for the most part has developed its buds for next year. On Sadly, it has not backbudded or forward budded.....anything on the top of this ribbed leader for the second year in a row

Should I presume this leader is going to be a dead branch....possibly next year when the needles drop. Cut my losses . Not looking to train a new leader + setback of 2-3 years to get the shape going on. Rather just buy a same cultivar to replace it

Is the Gold Classic worth it these days....

Just short of MR with my 2-3 decades Gold Classic, AF aside, just kept it as the primary card I use since AMEX always backed anything dispute wise. I did have one or 2 disputes in the last 5 years....and it was a bit of a struggle....getting them too side the story (eBay fraud sent me a box of rocks on a $3800 purchase).

My annual is coming up and thinking I'll just switch to the Blue Card

Not a wheelchair user but I had a question.....I do have a wheelchair I use for transporting someone. Is heat a concern if the wheelchair is stored in the trunk......I suppose the answer is yes, whether it be the rubber on the handle grips or anything that may accelerate -outgassing:aging- of .

Had to ask as I can either keep in in the garage and or for now, just keep it in the trunk for the as-is needed .

For G05:F95, any techs in the know.

If there is no power, even with power on the front leads on the hood and nothing is operating, what is the secret sauce to getting the rear hatch to release since there is not emergency manual hatch release

I've often wondered ...

Since discovering this sub, realized there are techs here

Is there ever an instance where a Dealer *will* do a better job.....I have often wondering about about vehicles with IAS and if there was a special jig/jigs used when doing alignments for those. I concluded there was special jigs but IAS but those were only used in major structural repairs:alignments and any car with IAS was fine to be done elsewhere.

I get that oil changes or brake jobs are possibly cheaper than the Indy as it's a get you into the door pricing

What's your take on Dealer vs Indy when it comes to repairs. All my stuff is on leases and the Indy is really there for MODS. I can't say this is always the case but I recently discovered my wheel was damaged by the dealer that did a repair and never disclosed it