linlaoboo
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Posts: 469
Joined: Sat May 22, 2010 1:15 pm
Location: NJ

new chinese plum and chinese elm

Hi Folks, I picked up these 2 plants for dirt cheap from Walmart today. Need all the help I can get with whether or not I should start training them right away or leave it until it's used to their surroundings 1st.

How old do you think these trees are?

Should I dig them out of the glued in gravel and fake moss right away or wait a while?

[img]https://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd340/malagabee/WalmartChineseplum.jpg[/img]

There are bare branches on the elm as well as what seem to be new buds. I think it's been mistreated at Walmart. I bought it for the small leaf type since I already have the regular leafed type. Should I care for it the same way as the regular type?

[img]https://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd340/malagabee/WalmartChineseelm.jpg[/img]

derkap10
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Posts: 88
Joined: Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:15 am
Location: Mississippi

Go ahead and get the glued-in gravel and fake moss off now. It's evil :evil: .

linlaoboo
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Posts: 469
Joined: Sat May 22, 2010 1:15 pm
Location: NJ

Hi,

Thanks for that confirmation, maybe it's what's making the elm unhealthy. According to the tags, they are from "Costa Farms" So far I can't get onto their website, getting some "out of bandwidth error message caused by the site owner". Would like to get some information from them, that's for sure.



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