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Early and Mid-Month
1. Continuation of shaping and transplanting from
September.
- Black pine, red pine: Remove old needles and cut
back new branches; wiring and transplanting for all of
these trees can be done now.
- Five-needle pines: Allowing 10 days' rest between
shaping and transplanting will give a better result.
- Spruce: Eliminate excess branches and shape; hold
transplanting for the spring.
- Shimpaku, yew: This is the best season to do shaping
and wiring. Don't forget the maintenance of shari as
well. Dilute orthorex two or three times when
applying.
- Early bloomers: Don't wait till the foliage drops,
as it will be too late by then. Transplant
now&emdash;the foliage will drop later and will form buds
in the spring.
- Some maples such as chishio, katsura and shindeshojo
will open much sooner than most other maples. They
should be cut back and transplanted now.
- Quince, cherry varieties: Watch for the Crown Gall
disease. Remove affected areas immediately. After
transplanting, soak the entire pot in streptomyacin
(diluted 300 times) solution for 20 minutes. While
transplanting, all the tools in use as well as your hands
should be disinfected with 80% alcohol. Another disease
similar to Crown Gall, but which won't kill the plant is
root-nuts. Root-nut will develop on the finer roots. It
looks like tiny pearls. It will not kill the tree, but
will slow its growth considerably. Therefore, eliminate
completely and disinfect immediately.
2. All trees must be made ready for winter.
- Improve air and sun penetration.
- Cut back the amount of water gradually.
- Fertilizer should contain more phosphoric acid
(0-10-10).
- Watch the sunlight and move the trees accordingly.
3. Trees for fall color: Maples, trident maple,
stewartia, elm, etc.
- Mist-spraying the foliage before sundown will prolong
the beautiful fall color.
- A small amount of liquid fertilizer will strengthen
the tree, but a large amount will delay the fall color.
4. Fertilizer.
- Flowering, fruit, berry trees: Seven parts
cottonseed meal to 3 parts bone meal. Start giving this
mixture before the foliage falls. This will be the last
application for this year.
- Conifers: Still should be given generous amounts of
regular fertilizer.
Late-October
Spray: Pines should be sprayed for chermis after all
work is done. Use Volck oil, one tablespoon of each per
gallon of water, and spray the entire tree.
After autumn rain, the ground will be soaked. This will
be a good chance to dig low-land trees out of the ground.
Roots should be cut on the pine trees being cultivated in
the ground. They can then be dug out in the spring.
Fruit and berry trees: Abundance of fruit and berries on
the trees is beautiful to the eye, but if too many are left
on, the trees will be weakened. Thinning is necessary if
you want to enjoy the same again next year.
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October Work
Schedule
