Do deer bother Japanese Maples?
daisy_lee
17 years ago
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Japanese maple kashima as bonsai
Comments (10)It would be fabulous, though has as yet to have had any 'movement' trained into the trunk line, though that's something that could be achieved by an experienced bonsai person. However, bonsai is not something to be attempted on a casual basis by someone unfamiliar with it, certainly not on the tree you have, so I suggest you first try to find a local club, etc. in your area to advise you on what to do when, and how. It would be a relatively major undertaking for a complete newbie and you wouldn't want to be the agent of doom for such a beautiful little tree... nor be discouraged from future attempts at bonsai. Please do not just dig it up now (a bad time of year for that tree) without knowledgable help. Where you live is quite important btw, so it also would be a good idea to learn your climate zone and post it in your profile....See MoreAdvise on hibiscus and Japanese maple
Comments (9)I haven't tried ws japanese maples, but I have tried to start them. They have very slow germination rates, it can take about a month for them to germinate. I usually use the paper towel and baggie trick for these. Once the germination occurs and enough root is visible then that is when I plant them in a pot. I have never tried to sow them directly though if you have an old enough japanese maple they will freely reseed themselves. Sometimes you can always find seedlings around a 20 year tree that has been mulched around. So I would say that is worth a shot for sure. The tallest japanese maple I have ever seen was a 50 year old tree that had reached at least 15 to 20 feet tall. Maybe a 10 to 15 foot spread, very beautiful. I believe it was a fireglow japanese maple....See MoreMy New Japanese Red Maple
Comments (11)I'm in your shoes, miketann. I'm so sorry about that "walking stick! They did the same procedure to about a 10 year old Inazuma. I did, however, put a Vitifolium, Aconitifolium, Attaryi, Kinran, and two others that escape me right now, in the ground. They're 6-8 years old and have withstood full sun, so... That said, I'm going to cage them, simply because of the deer ravages. They've eaten anything that was supposed to have some winter life, so that's gone. I have deer hoof prints in my raised garden beds. I used something this year, which made a big difference. You have to stay on it and spray every new leaf of something, but why not? I have a huge investment in my gardens and trees. I bought Deer Stop. Not Deer Stopper, just STOP. It is pretty icky going on, but once dry you can't smell it , unlike other products. You also don't smell it walking by a tree, either. It seemed to work, because anything I sprayed, they didn't eat. Miss a leaf? SNIP. I currently have bow hunters on the back 6 acres. It is their assignment to kill (and eat) as many as they can. Strangely, the deer seem to only reside in my FRONT yard. But I do stand by the Deer Stopper. Next warm day I'm going to put some on some things I want to protect. 100 days of protection isn't bad....See MoreDeer attacked my Japanese maple
Comments (11)Look what an elk did to this Japanese Maple. You can see the leaves on the ground, stripped bark, and broken off at the top. Look how he disturbed the soil. I was about to make a walking stick out of it when I noticed it sprouting at the base. It's been awhile since the damage was done and it's growing back fairly good now. Soon I will have to choose the sprouts that get to live........until the next elk visit. It's a seedling so there is no graft and the sprouts are not different from the rest of the tree. When the pictured appeared I had to slide the lower bar to the right to see the sapling. The picture is too big. I'll get another picture tomorrow when it's light out. Mike...See MoreEmbothrium
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