Red Maple sapling
My daughter went to an Earth Day event last week (she's graduating next Sunday--Environmental Science degree) .... and came home with this Red Maple sapling. I followed directions, planted it in a pot, with potting soil. Instructions say to let it get 3-4 ft tall before planting in yard.
I've never had a Red Maple, so am very excited, even though I'll probably be dead by the time it gets big. :D
Did I do it correctly? How long do you think it'll be before I need to transplant? I'm keeping it on the back patio, mostly full sun.
She also got lots of packets of flower seeds, sowing those in beds today. Whoohoo!
The sapling, and my cute little buddy who lives back there, he was watching me take this pic (I lightly watered after snapping pic)--
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ETA: Uh, oh. Just read that Red Maples need acidic soil. I'm west of Ft Worth--alkaline.
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Comments (13)Before all this Whaas, I'd be curious to know if the rubrum maple is even going to -or is-performing well in your soil. Are things acidic and sandy enough where you are for this species? Where I am, we don't bother with straight rubrum maple, but just one county to the west, they do fine. Otherwise, I'm inclined to agree with Ken that all maples, at least all maples which reach large size, will be tough customers to garden under in the future. It won't be apparent immediately, but in time, it sure will. And I'd add silver maple to the list of worst to garden under, along with Norway maple. Silvers get so large, grow so fast, and just colonize their sites so aggressively that even though the shade they cast is not as dense as that of the Norways, it still becomes well nigh impossible to grow anything underneath. I remember when I still had my giant silver, that even as carefree a plant as old-school hosta varieties would grow......but in the wrong direction..every year. that is, they'd actually get smaller! BTW, I'm one of the "tree peeps" and a group of trees as ecologically important as are the maples still belong in our landscapes and woodlands. It's just that one needs to know what to expect when considering planting one or more. +oM...See MoreSapling maple tree developing yellow/brown leaves - need help!
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Comments (9)No need to move your post - we maple people are general tree people as well:-) We just like maples a lot! And the answer to your question is pretty simple. The anthracnose will be an ongoing problem if conditions exist for its development and regular, at least annual, treatments will be required to control it. It is seldom a fatal affliction but it can cause defoliation and that can weaken the tree, leading to other issues. Plus, a tree with anthracnose always looks pretty funky and unhealthy. The pathogen that causes sycamore anthracnose is unique to that species so composting the diseased leaves should not pose any problems unless lots of other sycamores in the vicinity and the composting process not very thorough. Although a diseased sycamore will not grow as fast or as large as a perfectly healthy tree, they can get quite large and maybe not the best choice for a suburban garden. I'd look into replacing the tree with something that will be more attuned to your specific climate and location, like a native Texas species or something like a Shantung maple, Acer truncatum, which is very well adapted to a TX planting situation....See MoreAdvice to prune or not of a Red maple Seedling/Sapling
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoIn other super exciting news, look what's coming down. Be gone, Devil Vine!
(This is one of three piles.)
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoOmar, you just hush up! Look at these shoots! Everywhere, even in my back yard. I told Mr G earlier, "Gosh, I'm going to miss the blooms." Then I clapped my hand over my mouth, forgetting what I was talking about. DEVIL VINE TAKING OVER THE WORLD.
I will be dealing with this for the rest of my life. :'(
Do you have any idea how hard it is to pull out of Liriope?!
They try to disguise themselves. They aren't fooling me!
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