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Is not the species, is the old valuable individuals that are alive monuments. For example, ashes are frequent species, but 500 Yo ashes are very rare (The speci
by pvaldes 3y ago
Is not the species, is the old valuable individuals that are alive monuments. For example, ashes are frequent species, but 500 Yo ashes are very rare (The species can live this time but 99,99% are killed when they are less than 100 Yo). If you have a 500 Yo ash you may want to protect it. At this moment many temperate forests are like seeing a city when all inhabitants where 10 years old or less. This is not really OK. There is a problem here. People in cities are very afraid of trees and chomp it at the tiniest ludicrous excuses.
In any case Yuccas, like the Joshua Tree, are very easy to transplant and even easier to clone, so is just a question of throwing more engineering efforts at this problem because the trees can be moved and stand drough periods. Their biology allows to put a Joshua tree in an hangar and let it without any soil or water for a month. They just don't care. The main problem is to avoid breaking the branches. Easily fixable if you wrap the tree before
In the desert each tree counts also, as water container, so the more they have of a frequent species, the better for humans inhabiting the area.
- uxamanda 3y agoFrom what I have read and experienced, Joshua trees are very difficult to transplant, but that could be with different tech. Do you have any resources for the technique you mention, would be love to learn more. Fwiw, I’ve tried and failed 3 times with little ones (that were going to be destroyed regardless) and have one transplant that is doing ok.
- pvaldes 3y agoHow do you did it?
- uxamanda 3y agoDug around the plant to keep the roots as undisturbed as possible, moved via truck less than 1 block, immediately replanted into non-amended ground (have heard that rich soil can kill them quickly), watered in, continued watering occasionally (~monthly). After about 6 months 3 had died. These were only about 1 foot tall, from a neighbor who had clearance to remove. FWIW, with aloe, a similar process had much greater success of transplant.
- pvaldes 3y agoProbably killed by watering. You need to allow the tree to form a scar before watering it. Just assure that it is balanced and can sustain its own weight using some strong cables or any other support. Those trees can be heavy. And then forget that is there for some weeks. After this time you can start adding water. How much you can wait for watering depends on how harsh is your climate, but the golden rule is to use only the strictly necessary amount of water so the trunk does not shrink. The tree will feed on its reserves for a while and will discard all older leaves to form roots. You will have a lot of yellow leaves in the soil but don't worry, It will recover later from buds. As long as the trunk feels firm and does not show shrinks, the tree is alive. Take in mind that Yucca has a burrowing beetle parasite that can kill them.
- uxamanda 3y agoAh ha! Counterintuitive on not watering but the scarring part makes sense. Will keep my eye out for other trees to try it on, would love a little Joshua tree forest. Thanks for the advice.
- pvaldes 3y agoIn any case look for puncture signs in the part of the roots exposed to the air and lower trunk. This could signal the presence of Scyphophorus yucca, that looks like this guy: http://bugguide.net/images/cache/YRI/QCR/YRIQCR7Q9R90OQ40JQM0OQP0Z0P0R00QS060DQ80K020DQYKTR0QDR60S040VRLQURRQ3RP0L090S0U000P0R0W0H0W0.jpg http://bugguide.net/images/cache/YRI/QCR/YRIQCR7Q9R90OQ40JQM... The larvae of this weevil can make burrows in the Joshua Tree and eventually kill your tree.