In 1979, I picked 3 very smelly ginko seed, in hopes of having them germinate,and all did,but only 1 that lived through my haphazard landscaping, not knowing what or where, I wanted anything.The 2 achers I purched,in 1981, had no trees,except scrubs growing in the gulley washes, on each side of the property.Now I am blessed with beautiful trees, and plants.This is my ginko, too close to the power line,but I couldn't see that then. Mike
Your Ginkgo is beautiful Mike. You did a fine job. I started a few from seed but that was only a few years ago and ours are still babies. I gave all but one away. The little Ginkgo I kept for myself is still hanging in there and it has made it through floods and droughts. I hope mine looks like yours someday.
Mike,
Nice tree! Do you know the sex of your tree yet? (has the tree bloomed?) Hopefully, the tree is male so you won't need to put up with the stinky, smelly, mushy "fruit".
How tall is the tree (an estimate) at 27 years old?
Thanks,
Mike (also)
Yes, the tree is male, and aprox 30' tall, and I think the other two,that I lost were female.I'll give you my reason for my thinking.It has been my observation that the males limbs tend to grow closer to the trunk,and the females seem to grow almost horizonal.I know I am leaving myself wide open,but that has been my observation.I thank both of you for your input,and "Only God can make a tree". Mike
Mike.... I think that is an interesting observation. In front of the library is a male and a female Gingo. We have nasty storms here today, but as soon as the weather clears up I am going to go take a look at the trees. They we both planted at the same time. Will let ya know if I observe that too.
Have you noticed this in seedlings also, or just in the larger caliper trees?
There are 13 Ginkgos planted in the plaza in front of the building where I work. 5 of the trees are female and the females don't really differ from the males in growth habit (form).
I know that Kentucky coffeetrees have a slight difference in the growth habit of the male and female trees - the male trees tend to be more upright and the female trees tend to be more broad and spreading, but I'm not sure this applies to Ginkgos. I think the growth habit of ginkgos is more of a genetic trait than a sex-based trait.
My .02
Mike
I never have had any thing but observation,and I still say that female's,are more "spreading" and males tend to grow more upright, and thats NOT scientific,just the way I precieve it,even in the seedling stage,the buds look different , to me.Could be "dumb luck",don't know. Mike
I've never noticed any differences in growth habits of male v. female Ginkgos but consider the source because I never noticed any differences, subtle or otherwise, on Kentucky Coffeetrees either.
Just got a quick look at the trees today as we were taking our Id walk. There is a slight difference, very sutle but it is there. I asked Dr. Ponder if he had heard of this as a way to identify and he said he hadn't but that his Daddy used to be able to identify them just by sight and he was nevr wrong, but he didn't know his Dad did it.
I was at one of our "better" nursaries yesterday,and I looked over all their 2 qt. pot ginkos,and pointed out the males,from the females,and he was able to see the differance,evan at that young age.I only said ,"if I were picking out a tree I would choose these",and pointed to the males.Mike
How much branching do you observe on 2 quart potted ginkgos? Were these seedlings, or grafted clones?
And what gender might this one be (about 125' wide)?
This is where Guy would make a crack about females being more broad and spreading and males being more upright and better. This forum has been lacking in the chauvinism department lately.
But I agree with Viburnum about how much branching can there be on a 2 qt tree? Even if grafted ones, I would think their shape at that point would be more a factor of where the material was taken from the original tree, ie side branches or leader.
Bill
I forgot to mention that it was the buds, that I was going by,and as for the gender in the pic,I will have to give you a calculated guess, since the terminal bud was injured during the growth,but the habit looks male. Beautiful tree though. Mike
