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FiggyFrank

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At the beginning of the season, this 4" Preto was transferred to a 5 gallon SWC.  I figured it would start growing immediately, just like my other trees but it just began turning black and dieing.  I put if off to the side of the deck, mostly being lazy and just letting it rot.  I would check every so often and look at the cutting under the soil for any new roots but it was stale.
So yesterday I decided to take a peak and miraculously, she came back to life!  Just amazing.

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Good for you!  I have a few semi-dead sticks on my patio that I still haven't gotten myself to part with.  Maybe I'll get lucky some day to and one of them will push out leaves.
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That is terrific!!! 

I to almost tossed a dead/dyeing stick.  I picked up an Olympian from Wellspring Gardens, so not a cutting, a cultured pencil lead sized tree.  While I was at work, a giant hail storm came through and laid siege to all in its path.  The poor little Olympian what destroyed!!!  I put it into the nursery hoping for the best yet the little tree just kept dyeing back, a little more every day.  So I ordered another one...  That's what we do right!!!  With in a day of ordering the new one, I was stopped dead in my tracks on a glimpse of the imposable...  the little "dead" tree was starting to push a bud.  I thought to my self.... figures.  LOL.  I would have tossed is weeks prior if it not for all stories of trees returning from the dead on the forum, so thank you to all of you.  I then thought... what am I going to do with two Olympians which quickly turned into... Hay... I HAVE TWO Olympians!!!!!

So, Congrats on your Preto coming back!  it really if terrific!
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Frank, that is great. Still waiting on a bunch to wake up here.
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I just hope it becomes stable enough to make it through dormancy this winter.
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You still have two months give or take.  Maybe over winter it in the garage, if you don't already.
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Hi Frank, some thing happened to me. I thought some of my trees were dead, but they came back. Sometimes you just have to be patient and take a step back and let mother nature do its work. I'll have to post my pictures sometime.
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Never give up and never say never....... Okay, I have tossed some away and 2 rooted.
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