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Anyone growing it in CA? I have a lot of extra RO waste water I'm looking to water something with. Will it grow here? Maybe the air is too dry? Other eucalyptus does quite well (invasive). Any other suggestions what I can grow with really hard waste water?
Quote from: spaugh on May 08, 2018, 08:41:14 PMAnyone growing it in CA? I have a lot of extra RO waste water I'm looking to water something with. Will it grow here? Maybe the air is too dry? Other eucalyptus does quite well (invasive). Any other suggestions what I can grow with really hard waste water?I have one, it's in SWFL of course. If it helps, I have found it to be pretty drought tolerant. My tree has been in the ground for about 2 years and is at least 12 feet tall. I haven't watered it at all this year and we are in a severe drought. It is stressed, but not terribly so. By next year I hope it has enough roots to thrive in a drought, I don't know if it has a deep tap root, but if it does, it will eventually hit the water table here. It's only about 8' or so deep.
There's reportedly many in San Diego. One near me that looks about 20 years old. Beautiful tree.
Dude I can't believe you haven't seen the ones at the San Diego Zoo. They have a bunch of them in front of the main entrance (just outside the entrance) as well as one or two within the zoo. They are fully mature and are pretty colorful right now. I have read that they get more colorful in tropical climates, here they're a bit more subdued but still interesting if you know to look for them. It's not really eye-catching though.
Quote from: Coach62 on May 08, 2018, 08:51:20 PMQuote from: spaugh on May 08, 2018, 08:41:14 PMAnyone growing it in CA? I have a lot of extra RO waste water I'm looking to water something with. Will it grow here? Maybe the air is too dry? Other eucalyptus does quite well (invasive). Any other suggestions what I can grow with really hard waste water?I have one, it's in SWFL of course. If it helps, I have found it to be pretty drought tolerant. My tree has been in the ground for about 2 years and is at least 12 feet tall. I haven't watered it at all this year and we are in a severe drought. It is stressed, but not terribly so. By next year I hope it has enough roots to thrive in a drought, I don't know if it has a deep tap root, but if it does, it will eventually hit the water table here. It's only about 8' or so deep. Nice, it's probably already in the water table if it's 8ft. Our water table is 600ft deep here!I have water to pump on it that is already bein wasted. I just don't know if it can take the Santa Ana winds. I read they like humidity which we really have none of.
Quote from: spaugh on May 08, 2018, 09:18:42 PMQuote from: Coach62 on May 08, 2018, 08:51:20 PMQuote from: spaugh on May 08, 2018, 08:41:14 PMAnyone growing it in CA? I have a lot of extra RO waste water I'm looking to water something with. Will it grow here? Maybe the air is too dry? Other eucalyptus does quite well (invasive). Any other suggestions what I can grow with really hard waste water?I have one, it's in SWFL of course. If it helps, I have found it to be pretty drought tolerant. My tree has been in the ground for about 2 years and is at least 12 feet tall. I haven't watered it at all this year and we are in a severe drought. It is stressed, but not terribly so. By next year I hope it has enough roots to thrive in a drought, I don't know if it has a deep tap root, but if it does, it will eventually hit the water table here. It's only about 8' or so deep. Nice, it's probably already in the water table if it's 8ft. Our water table is 600ft deep here!I have water to pump on it that is already bein wasted. I just don't know if it can take the Santa Ana winds. I read they like humidity which we really have none of.Well it's a pretty fast growing tree for sure, that's why I moved it once I read how big they can get.As far as winds - mine managed to survive hurricane Irma, and my home had the center of the eye go right over top of it. So it took 100 mph + winds for some time, but it is shielded to some degree by large mature pines. I would add (not that this really applies to you) that it was also under water for about 2 weeks in the Irma flood. So, it is both flood and drought tolerant and grows really fast. I do like the tree, the bark should start getting more colorful with age, at least that's what I heard.