Viking 0 #1 May 21, 2004 mom and I just went to Home Depot and picked up a twelve foot or so potted Jacaranda. Anyone into landscaping and trees?here is what they look like http://www.graftoncity.nsw.gov.au/JacaTrees.htmI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imajacka55 0 #2 May 21, 2004 Sure what do you need to know, I'm a wholesale tree grower.... I grow Jacarandas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #3 May 21, 2004 Basics of how to care for it and specifics on transplanting it out of the pot into the ground. Should i prep the soul with something? Watering, How fast should i expect it to grow? Illness' that i should watch for?I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #4 May 21, 2004 Dude, they make the nicest damn flowers! THey line the streets of my old home and put on a dazzling display of purple. That said, they'll fuck up your car during the blooming season with flowers and sticky sap. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orchid 0 #5 May 21, 2004 That said, they'll fuck up your car during the blooming season with flowers and sticky sap. *** That's true, the sap will mess up the paint of your car....so don't park your car under the tree."Love is doing small things with great love." Lacrosse: Legally beating men with sticks since 1492 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #6 May 21, 2004 Ya Thats why we got it!! And its not gonna be anywhere near a car.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imajacka55 0 #7 May 21, 2004 Now is a great time to plant any type of tree so your good to go on that. When you find a good spot dig the hole 2-3 times as wide as the container it is in. Do not use any soil amendments. The reason for digging the hole that size is to airate the soil you will use all the soil after planting so keep it near the hole. Do not dig the hole any deeper that soil depth because the tree needs to sit on a hard pack of soil. This way the tree does not settle in any deeper into the hole if it does the constent water sitting on the trunk will make the trunk soft and possibly kill it. After you have the hole dug cut the container off and place it in the center of your hole. Try to not mess up the root ball. Then back fill the hole with the soil that you took out packing it a softly you should have a little soil left over to make a burm around the tree to collect the water. Make the burm about 1 to 2ft away from the trunk and water it every day for the first 2 weeks filling the well 2 times a day if possible once in the morning and once at night. After the tree becomes a little more established water about once a week. A long deep soking is best about 10-15 gallons the first year over a few hours. The Jacaranda should grow about 2-3 ft. a year and a little faster once established. Growing to about 25-30ft tall and 20-25ft wide. If you want it to flower a little more give it some phosphorus it is the middle # of any fertilizer. It should get Nitrogen in the form of ammoniam sulfate about 2 times a year. The only illness that they can get some times is a little Iron clorosis just use "ironite" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #8 May 21, 2004 You fucking rock dude!!! thanx So no fertilizer at all when I put it in the ground?I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,426 #9 May 22, 2004 Got about a dozen of them at Qualcomm. They've been purple for two months now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imajacka55 0 #10 May 22, 2004 nope, nothing just the tree and soil, water it after you plant it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clownburner 0 #11 May 22, 2004 They're all over my street. Very pretty. But definately do not keep them near a car. 7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raefordite 0 #12 May 22, 2004 http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Bignoniaceae/Jacaranda_mimosifolia.html I found this about your tree. I just had a major fire through our property and part of our home. In the rebuilding, I am looking at replacing some lost trees. I had a beautiful Albizia julibrissin (silk tree, mimosa) that I would love to replace with a Jacaranda. However I am in zone 7-8, and recommended zones are 9 - 10. I may be too cold in the winter. Anyone have any ideas to support or deny this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #13 May 22, 2004 SOOOOO thats what that thing next to my house is.. great big fuzzy leaves.....pain in da butt to rake up just after the first frost and they all fall off at once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #14 May 22, 2004 yes but there sooooo perty!!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
