Planting trees

[HemiEd]

So let's hear about the trees you have planted. Shade? Fruit bearing? Decorative?

How are they doing?

My wife says I have an obsession with them and probably do.

Now that we are in our last home here at the lake, I am having fun with it. Here is my list.

14 Colorado Blue Spruce
1 Loblolly pine
2 plum
2 peach
1 pear
1 cherry
1 Brown turkey fig
1 Chicago fig

What you got?

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by D2112

No problem! It works best when it's watered in after application if you use the granular. So just look at the weather, read the label and try and apply it before rainfall is predicted. Good luck!

Maybe I should look at spraying a liquid since we live on the side of an Ozark "Mountain" so it don't "warsh" down the gully.

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by D2112

Yeah I'm not sure about the timeline there it might be a month earlier then here. Grubx is probably a short term fix for an existing problem that has to be watered in immediately and loses toxicity within a day or two without being activated with water. Merit is a great product, it has a 4 month residual and is more of a preventative measure, so if you apply it in April it doesn't lose its burst until august. Merit is the actual chemical name, not the product name. Do a google search of merit insecticide and you'll see it. It's used in a product called termidor for termites (the best one on the market right now) among others.

Merit and Termidor are different chemicals. Merit is Imidacloprid . Termidor is fipronil.

[2112]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Merit and Termidor are different chemicals. Merit is Imidacloprid . Termidor is fipronil.

I stand corrected, you're right. Termidor is a great product too. Low toxicity and long residual so it gets back to the colony and destroys everybody.

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by D2112

I stand corrected, you're right. Termidor is a great product too. Low toxicity and long residual so it gets back to the colony and destroys everybody.

Best ant killer ever

[lewdog]

Using this as the landscape thread. My Hibiscus are loving the daily highs of 60-70 here in December. Nice sunset tonight as well. I am gonna plant some roses this winter, just trying to find some Mr. Lincoln roses as my wife has her heart on those.

[MTG#10]

Anyone ordered trees online? If so how was your experience? The back yard at my new house is completely empty. I have a privacy fence but I want more privacy from my neighbors so I was thinking about ordering about 20 of these and planting them 5 feet apart.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

Anyone ordered trees online? If so how was your experience? The back yard at my new house is completely empty. I have a privacy fence but I want more privacy from my neighbors so I was thinking about ordering about 20 of these and planting them 5 feet apart.

I did redbud and dogwood its took a few returns to get 2 that took off they were guaranteed for it seems 6 months. They are thriving and I could have gotten them at home depot with same sorta guarantee but was a gift of some supposedly special strain.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

Anyone ordered trees online? If so how was your experience? The back yard at my new house is completely empty. I have a privacy fence but I want more privacy from my neighbors so I was thinking about ordering about 20 of these and planting them 5 feet apart.

I’ve ordered several things from that same company. A weeping willow, couple of figs, some camellias. They’re good, I’ve been impressed with their stuff. I order the guarantee, too, and had to use it on a Meyer lemon that didn’t survive winter. No problems, fast, good products.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

Anyone ordered trees online? If so how was your experience? The back yard at my new house is completely empty. I have a privacy fence but I want more privacy from my neighbors so I was thinking about ordering about 20 of these and planting them 5 feet apart.

That should look great in a few years.

We ordered 30 Lombardi Poplars and quite a few other things on line a few years ago.

11 of the poplars are pretty nice now as one neighbor sprayed some with round up (****ing one who sucks the penis) and another neighbor unintentionally mowed a few over when they were small.
little twig azaleas didn't make it and almost nothing else survived but four burning bushes.

[lewdog]

My citrus trees are really looking good this year. Much less work than years past and much healthier after I almost killed them one summer. Oops! Lesson learned.

Planted a Barbados Cherry tree seedling directly in the ground in April. Was worried it was a bit too late here but she's starting to put out some new leaves! Unbelievably small seedling but I heard they grow fast. My grapevine is covered in grape bundles. I had to wrap them in a cloth material so the birds wouldn't eat them before they get ripe. Heard they are ready about Mid June here.

Might try to snap a few pictures sometime soon.

Happy planting!

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by lewdog

My citrus trees are really looking good this year. Much less work than years past and much healthier after I almost killed them one summer. Oops! Lesson learned.

Planted a Barbados Cherry tree seedling directly in the ground in April. Was worried it was a bit too late here but she's starting to put out some new leaves! Unbelievably small seedling but I heard they grow fast. My grapevine is covered in grape bundles. I had to wrap them in a cloth material so the birds wouldn't eat them before they get ripe. Heard they are ready about Mid June here.

Might try to snap a few pictures sometime soon.

Happy planting!

Citrus trees would be really nice to have! What year is this for your grapes?

I have my grape vines in these huge pots and moved them this last fall to my parking area. Only one survived and is well behind the progress of yours.

Doubt if we have any fruit from the Peach, plum, pear and cherry trees this year since we had multiple freezes after they had bloomed out.