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Share back my little Mamey forest, which is made up of a random selection of trees that I collected in my garden
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It's a little bunch of seedlings and a pot of cheese, but that's how you start a powerful forest
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But anyway, it's a bit of fun. I'm not actually sure what is all in here
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It looks like a few hawthorn and ash and some sort of dwarf rows
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So a strange mix, but it'll be interesting to see how they all grow together, as you all seem to be grown at different rates
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You can also see here in June that there is a lot of soil around the base of the pot
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That is because all the roots are coming out the bottom and starting to grab the soil that this pot is sat on
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I've never actually repot this forest, which is pretty crazy considering the size and the number of trees in there
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But it's been in here since 2019. I've just been pruning back any roots that have been poking out the bottom
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So who knows what's actually going on inside the pot. All I know it is plastic pots like this usually don't last that long out in the elements
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It looks okay in August. It does tend to dry out pretty fast since it's so small
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which is why some of the leaves look a little crispy. But I would say it's doing pretty well considering
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Also that probably explains why the taller ash at the back has lost all its leaves in September
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In October I think it a start to shut down for winter and dropped all the sleeves naturally I guess there isn any glorious display this year
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In November it's definitely dormant but the pot is finally mossed up. Looks very nice
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but there's not much development from the trees they are still very much a bunch of tiny twigs in a pot
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Here we are in February or normally I would prune everything back but there wasn't much growth last year
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well certainly nothing that needs prune back here so I'm just going to leave it and all that moss has disappeared
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so I guess the birds are stolen it but I'm sure it'll grow back
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in March there's not much happening but the buds are starting to show
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if I bring you in closer and put my hand behind it you might be able to see that some of the buds are
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starting to swell and here we are now where it's slowly starting to wake up
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hopefully it has a good growing season this year thanks for watching see you next time
