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thanks a lot mr. matt,

after bringing my plants in the house to protect them from any further cold nights, how long should it take for them to start breaking bud, or for buds to start obviously swelling, before you can consider them done for? If a trident maple and zelkova go for a week without clearly displaying signs of life (despite the living cambium that they do still have) in a constant 70 degree F environment, can you pretty much consider them dead? could it take longer than this for them to display signs of life? at this point i'm just thinking about salvaging the expensive soil that i repotted them in.

let me know what you think, and thanks.

toby

24-Mar-2005	#3
Tobias bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: Feb-2004 Location: Vermont Country: USA USDA Zone: 4 AHS Heat Zone: 3 Posts: 195	thanks a lot mr. matt, after bringing my plants in the house to protect them from any further cold nights, how long should it take for them to start breaking bud, or for buds to start obviously swelling, before you can consider them done for? If a trident maple and zelkova go for a week without clearly displaying signs of life (despite the living cambium that they do still have) in a constant 70 degree F environment, can you pretty much consider them dead? could it take longer than this for them to display signs of life? at this point i'm just thinking about salvaging the expensive soil that i repotted them in. let me know what you think, and thanks. toby __________________ ~Self-proclaimed dendrophile!