Over the summer, this baby tree died, probably because it didn’t receive enough water.
It’s a blessing in disguise, though.
I just ordered a similar species (Brachychiton populneus) from Etsy to replace the deceased tree.
This species is a better fit for my requirements, and it’s actually what I wanted originally (between the two species.)
If anyone is interested in this species for a shade tree, I can give you specific instructions on how to order it, but I doubt anyone on BLF is interested in the exact same tree that I am.
I’m going to try to find a product to make it easier for me to water this new plant and another plant of mine, so hopefully I can keep them alive.
I just spent ~$59 on several items for a drip irrigation system.
The system is overkill for watering just two plants, but in the future maybe I’ll spend some more and try to water a lot more plants.
I have a small suburban garden in outskirts of London and spent around 10x that amount for a big drip system.
Grow quite a lot of veggies, leafy greens and some fruits. There are a few ornamental plants but most are productive in some way.
It’s just a simple 19mm plastic tube system attached to the outdoor tap, with the thin diameter (5mm?) tubes leading to pots. In the raised beds, I’ve used T junctions to connect drip line.
Despite being quite simple, the irrigation system works even better than I had hoped, reduced manual hose watering time from 1-1.5hrs down to 15minutes: turn on irrigation, go round with a watering can applying feed or watering pots that aren’t hooked up, turn off irrigation about 20 mins later.
I went with high flow drippers hence the short irrigation time.
This is the first winter with the irrigation system, I’ve disconnected it from the tap and drained the lines, and our winters are normally pretty mild anyway, so hopefully it survives!
