http://awaytogarden.com/crabapple-woes Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://awaytogarden.com/crabapple-woes/comment-page-1#comment-46737 Valerie Gillman Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:17:37 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=485#comment-46737 darn- find those- I mean. darn- find those- I mean.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/crabapple-woes/comment-page-1#comment-46736 Valerie Gillman Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:15:07 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=485#comment-46736 I've never been able to find any borers with a wire either. A very frustrating time for a gardener with vengence in her heart. So I console myself with killing iris borers. I can always fid those jabba the hut like grossities..shudder. I’ve never been able to find any borers with a wire either. A very frustrating time for a gardener with vengence in her heart.
So I console myself with killing iris borers. I can always fid those jabba the hut like grossities..shudder.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/crabapple-woes/comment-page-1#comment-16359 Margaret Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:55:47 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=485#comment-16359 Welcome, Kay. Sounds iffy, but I would be careful to wait until the tree expresses itself the rest of the way... I have read that 'Forest Pansy' can be finicky about transplanting and have had friends lose them (especially in too hot a spot in warmer zones, but yours hasn't been through summer yet). Late fall planting is something I do a lot, but if the specimen is in any way dry (not well-hydrated in all its tissues) it can have a hard time. Sometimes nursery things that have been in pots all summer may have been stressed and there's not much time for them to settle into their new surroundings root-wise with a late planting. Welcome, Kay. Sounds iffy, but I would be careful to wait until the tree expresses itself the rest of the way… I have read that ‘Forest Pansy’ can be finicky about transplanting and have had friends lose them (especially in too hot a spot in warmer zones, but yours hasn’t been through summer yet). Late fall planting is something I do a lot, but if the specimen is in any way dry (not well-hydrated in all its tissues) it can have a hard time. Sometimes nursery things that have been in pots all summer may have been stressed and there’s not much time for them to settle into their new surroundings root-wise with a late planting.

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