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Posted 6 years 1 week ago #46149
As well as some other members here, I like Brazilian Rain Trees a lot.
But contrary to common sense, it doesn't like midday sun in the summer, but rather a shaded humid place (hot, but no direct sun).
It's called "rain tree" and not "sun tree" after all...
But the point here is: one can almost SEE IT GROWING during the grow season. I mean it, many centimeters per day, it's just amazing.
Those new twigs below were NOT there yesterday. Amazing.

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Posted 6 years 1 week ago #46150
climate zone envie here.
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Posted 6 years 1 week ago #46163
set up a camera recording the growth if you can manage
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Posted 6 years 1 week ago #46164

Madartej21 wrote: set up a camera recording the growth if you can manage

I thought about a time-lapse.
But...
To record it growing in the rate it's doing now, perhaps a slow-motion camera!
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Posted 6 years 2 days ago #46279
Quick update:
In 6 days it is already out of control.
Same plant, from a cutting. A very young tree, but... They usually thicken up even being potted, which is not so usual.
Let's wait and see.

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Posted 6 years 2 days ago #46282
Can't wait for summer. We have not had sunshine for several weeks now and all tropicals inside have stopped growing. SIgh. Climate envie.
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Posted 6 years 1 day ago #46289

leatherback wrote: Climate envie.


I went outside with the dog just now, January 6, northern hemisphere, and two elms and the wisteria are leading out.

February will probably have below freezing days. Two years ago a hard freeze in April got a couple of trees.

A consistent climate would be nice.
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Posted 6 years 1 day ago #46290
Glad to be in a bid colder part then.

I have had 10-15 frost nights so far. Another 1 or 2 expected this week: Except for junipers, all my trees are well dormant. But I am tired of completely grey/white skies that have been hanging about for weeks now. Everything perpetually wet. Bluuh!

Some sun & heat would be nice. Guess I should find a plane and get to the tropics. :(
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Posted 6 years 19 hours ago #46295
July to August will be over 90 every day, and over 100 most days. That is about 35 C. And, it may not rain much in August or September.

You might be happy to be in Amsterdam then.

My dissertation adviser is from Amsterdam. They used to skate on the canals all winter, but he says it hasn't frozen that much in a long time.
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Posted 6 years 14 hours ago #46298
I like the heat!

Hm.. Amsterdam is some 200km away, and has a very different climate from my backyard. Litterally up to 5c difference (hotter here in summer, colder here in winter)
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