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Title: Any Green people here?
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 24 May 2013, 13:27:06

Just got these 2 Japanese Persimmon trees. Delivered USPS, the leaves are trimmed back.

The slip says let rest in "shade" for a few days to a week.

Does the inside of my house + windows open count as "shade" ?


And what is it resting from exactly?

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 24 May 2013, 13:28:38

I'd set them outside under shade opposed to inside.

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 24 May 2013, 13:49:51

Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 24 May 2013, 13:27:06

And what is it resting from exactly?

sun burn?

EDIT: Ok so my googlefu is week today but one place I found recommened planting them immediatly but that may be because those particular trees are shipped with a gel coating wrapped in plastic.

I honestly have no idea why you have to let them rest. I would think if anything they would need planted and watered, especially the water part.

Unless they overly saturate them for shipping which would make sense that they would have to rest in the shade.

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 24 May 2013, 13:52:07

If they shipped the tree, it may be adjusting to a new environment (temperature, humidity etc.)

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 24 May 2013, 15:15:22

Yes it is basically advising against giving them any more shock, after the traumatic shipping experience. Unless you have the most ideal planting condition there is a good chance they won't recover and simply die.

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: agodinhost on Sat, 25 May 2013, 10:10:19

Why Green People? Didn't got it at all - I thought you were talking about Irish guys ...

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: davkol on Sat, 25 May 2013, 15:03:06

Quote from: agodinhost on Sat, 25 May 2013, 10:10:19

Why Green People? Didn't got it at all - I thought you were talking about Irish guys ...

Or ents. ^-^

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: Soarer on Sat, 25 May 2013, 15:22:01

Or tree-huggers... oh wait :p

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: agodinhost on Sat, 25 May 2013, 15:56:53

Gosh, I'm soooo dumb!
Finally I got.

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: Trent on Sun, 26 May 2013, 22:57:24

I wish I could plant flowers, but I have an apt and no space.  Morning glories are my favorite, followed by bleeding hearts.

Morning Glories, new ones bloom every day!
(http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30300000/Blue-Morning-Glory-flowers-30352544-570-497.jpg)

Bleeding Hearts
(http://saavedraeightes.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/bleeding-heart-flower-11.jpg)

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: agodinhost on Mon, 27 May 2013, 17:31:20

Quote from: Trent on Sun, 26 May 2013, 22:57:24

I wish I could plant flowers, but I have an apt and no space.  Morning glories are my favorite, followed by bleeding hearts.

Morning Glories, new ones bloom every day!

Show Image

(http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30300000/Blue-Morning-Glory-flowers-30352544-570-497.jpg)

Bleeding Hearts

Show Image

(http://saavedraeightes.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/bleeding-heart-flower-11.jpg)

weird alien stuff, gosh!
I do prefer my plants with olive oil - but I do confess that I wouldn't be brave enough to eat this one ...
Kinda pornographic isn't?

Title: Re: Any Green people here?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 27 May 2013, 17:58:39

Yea as said before they need to recover from the stress of being transported. It's likely that its too early to transplant and repeated stress can trigger unexpected behavior in certain plants such as expending its energy into seed production or blooming early in a last ditch effort to reproduce instead of continuing with any vegetative growth. I'm sure putting the plants out of direct sunlight, indoors with a nice movement of air will benefit the plant as this will protect them from any high winds or other natural stress inducing elements. At least for a little while. Good luck.