Al,
I only seen one single quotation mark in the second paragraph, it does not seem to imply that almost your entire post was Brent's article.
Tough question you asked but maybe something like this would have sufficed?
As I said before, I have no experience with either chinese elm or the issue of dormancy. My advice was based stricly on an article written by Brent Watson.
Good references and explanation, never-the-less, thank you. I did find the following from
Brent's article to be interesting:
"In order for these species to break dormancy and begin growing again they must acquire the requisite number of hours of cold temperatures. For most of these species it is 1000 hours of temperatures below 40F. Once this requirement has been satisfied the plant may begin growing again immediately. The new growth is triggered by temperature alone. If temperatures rise much above 40F for any extended period of time, say a week or so, the buds will break and the plant will begin growing. This can happen outside in January if there is a freak warm spell, or it can be artificially manipulated if plants are brought indoors. A return to cold weather will of course kill the new growth and buds."
Brent certainly lays it out in a easy to understand format.
Will