Black Wattle Forest: December 2024 maintenance

I potted these three in October in a simple forest planting. Let’s check in.

This is how they looked at end of September. I had cut back a lot of leaves but left probably too much.

The trees then decided to die back heavily. All the leaves went brittle and feel off, while the unneeded branches to died back. Terrrific experience.

This is from end of November (two months later). The browned branches are dead at this stage. But the trees have decided to start budding again.
And here we are at the end of December, and some pruning is needed.
Black Wattle Forest: December 2024 maintenance
So prune I did.
By ancient tradition.

Some thoughts:

  • The one on the right was the last to bud, and the lightest. I’m leaving it to recover for now.
  • The center and the right one have dead top portions, which I’ll need to do something about it eventually.
  • Compared to the Solo Black Wattle, this will need to be kept more in check, so the competing trees don’t swamp each other out.
  • I suspect all three trees should have been planted further apart. Pity I didn’t take good notes on why they ended up this way.
  • The Black Wattle tags are messed up… I need to check that.
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