urban yamadori, myrtus communis

Our collecting period used to start in mid autumn and lasted until early spring
A couple of weeks ago, the trio ( Savvas, Greg, Myself), after a few months of no real action, we decided that it was about time to start a bit earlier...... We found a garden that was going through renovation, and we were given permission by the owner to lift all the trees....From all the trees in the garden, the ones that caught our attention was 3 myrtus communis.
After a couple of hours of digging, we managed to lift the trees. One of them was removed with very little root, and one of them was split in 3 pieces.
Here are the pictures immediately after the collection
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so far, all trees are doing very well, full of new buds !!!
let us hope that they will eventually make it.

So far so good but is a long road to success.

some more photos


Yes! He is a happy man I can say
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You have my best wishes guys!
My early try of lifting up a yamadori from my garden (during September) proved to be a failure, due to the high temperatures.
Unfortunately my lack of patience cost me 2 nice little trees.
So for the next ones that I plan to lift, I will wait until the weather becomes really cold.

damianos wrote:You have my best wishes guys!
My early try of lifting up a yamadori from my garden (during September) proved to be a failure, due to the high temperatures.
Unfortunately my lack of patience cost me 2 nice little trees.
So for the next ones that I plan to lift, I will wait until the weather becomes really cold.

My only piece of advice is that if you are planning to lift trees, make sure that for the following 6-8 weeks the temperatures will not be on the extreme (too hot or too warm) because the roots grow in the range (roughly) of 18-28 degrees Celcius. The fresh rootlets can freeze or dry very easily so caution is necessary.
In our case, the temperatures during midday may reach 30-32 degrees celcius. If you keep the trees in a shady and rather humid environment, then there is no problem.

I'll wait for the end of October. In any case I will ask for further advice at that time!
Remember to update the pics of the myrtles in a few months in order to for us to see the development of the trees.

Well i am so suprised and thrilled by the way my tree is behaving so far....I dont know guys if its due to the new stimulants we used but if it continues like this,the bare trunks will be all bushy in almost a months time....unbelievable growth,shooting from everywhere....i must put up some fotos for u to c.....

May I ask what kind of stimulants did u use?

damianos wrote:May I ask what kind of stimulants did u use?

Rhizotonic by Canna

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I promised u of some fotos....this is how the trees look today after nearly a month from collection.......what do you think?

Unbelievable!!!

Never seen such incredible growth of a newly collected tree

i have a similar growth on my trees....i'll try to upload a pic tomorrow
impressive!!!

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there you are!!!

you kept the old green as well!!!!very good....

hey Greg...what happened to the myrtus that u collected on that day?

stavros wrote:hey Greg...what happened to the myrtus that u collected on that day?

Both are fine, the growth was more than expected. Even the one with almost no roots. The one with no roots kept for more than a month in a black bag and then removed.
I have to take some photos to show.
How about yours?

mine are fine...if u recall, the tree i dug up was divided in 3 and i took home just the 2 pieces

stavros wrote:mine are fine...if u recall, the tree i dug up was divided in 3 and i took home just the 2 pieces

The third piece is safe with me