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So here it is, April 1...time for an update. Y'all were quite right. After about a day or two of what seemed to be hopeful lushness in the leaves, the branch went into a continual decline. It's off to the compost pile for it now. Here's what she looks like, as if you can't already imagine...

Well, I think we just took a couple days off the final score. I came home and the branch was on the floor. It had been in a jar in front of an open window. Either a squirrel hopped in or a gust of wind knocked it down. I recut the end and put it back. The leaves are a little wilted, but I'm...

For posterity's sake, the cutting was taken and put in water on Saturday, March 22 at about 4pm. A week?! That's all you're giving it? I'm gonna say 8 says MINIMUM. love nick

Cool! Thanks, frans! Will it do the sparky thing that they show on the website? I'd pay extra for that... love nick

Guy, what does "1% iba" mean?

So then the next question for y'all. If I keep it in water, how long do you think it will live? love nick

Sweet! There's a hydroponics shop on my commute to work! I'm sure everyone else just goes there for walnut trees, too:/: love nick

Where do I get this rooting hormone y'all're jabbering about? I've read about it a lot in bonsai books over the years, but never looked for it in a store.. love nick

My goal is to bonsai it. I think it'd make an awesome bonsai as is. Do you know if walnut is particularly bad "self rooting"? I know willow very easy. I'm hoping not to cut this one. I could easily go back and take a few samples of newer growth to work with... love nick

The day before easter, Karina and I took her little brothers climbing in a nearby park. It was a cool climb in what I am quite sure is a 50' English walnut (Juglans regia). We had a fun climb. When taking the 4 ropes out of the tree, a small limb, about 1' in length was broken from the tree...