What kind of Japanese maple is this and where I can get it?
Heruga (7a Northern NJ)
5 years ago
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Mens Tortuosa(5b Omaha, NE)
5 years agoHeruga (7a Northern NJ)
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Japanese maple was 3/4 skirted 2 years ago. Can I still graft?
Comments (5)Unfortunately, I doubt many will see your post in this obscure photo sub-forum. Also, I am a little uncertain about some wording in your post, but I think I understand the general idea. Trees can often cover over their wounds if they are growing vigorously and are in good health. You mentioned that your tree has been "pruned to be very sparse". That sounds like you are making it much harder for the tree to successfully recover. Starving the tree of food by limiting it's foliage and forcing it to overcome pruning wounds would certainly present obstacles to the tree's recovery. It is unlikely that removing a section of trunk would be the way to go. A bridge graft might help, but is probably not worth the trouble. Again, what you need to do is to increase the tree's vigor, and the best way to do that might be to leave it alone for a while! And, yes, the plaster cast is a crazy (bad) idea....See MoreWhat kind of Japanese Red Maple is this?
Comments (5)Although they don't breed "true" the seed is worth using. You'll get a large range of leaf color and shape from this tree, it's actually quite fun to see what you get. I got some Jap. Maple seeds from my uncle 10 years ago, he has a green-leaved cultivar and one of the deep purple cutleaf cultivars...the seeds were from both trees and I'm certain some cross-pollination went on...the seedlings ranged from plain green "species" type, to green of various shapes and red and purple of various shapes. I ended up with three of them growing in the ground - others I gave away or weeded out. Although I left Ohio last year and the trees behind in my old yard, there were three that I had left growing on in the ground. One was a cutleaf green that leafed out a deep red, but turned to a deep green when the leaves matured, and a nice red in fall. Had I been smart I would have checked into seeing if I could patent the variety. It's really a beautiful little tree....See MoreEmperor One Red Japanese Maple...can I move this?
Comments (6)I always find it interesting to read the different perspectives of other members. Gardengal, I had to laugh at your response to Ken. I was thinking the same thing, but didn't want to argue as I'm sure everyone else here is far more educated than I on the subject matter, and I do appreciate EVERYONES opinion. LOL. I was watering with a hose 1x weekly for about an hour or so on a slow drip, maybe more during drier weather. I don't typically check the soil, I usually just look to see if it's soaking in or running off as my indicator, but in this case the underplanting of lamium is a total groundcover. In my own admission, I neglected to water it earlier in the season (spring), and it's wedged between a concrete walk, concrete drive, and a flagstone walkway installed in recent years, and surrounded by virginia flagstone as a border, so the tree really doesn't get much "runoff" rainwater. I was told by the nursery that watering it 1x weekly for an hour on a slow drip was probably too much. The bottom line, I think its a combination of too much sun, lack of water, the leaves were first curling on the edges and getting crispy, and more recently dropping after they dried to a crisp. Soil is clay. My bigger question really is can I move this without killing the tree, and I do plan to move it to a shadier area. I don't recall the exact size of the rootball at the time of planting...I believe the tree was a container planting, not a root ball, and it grew nicely last year. To answer questions, the tree was planted early spring last year, if I remember correctly. It did ok last year, but then again we didn't have as dry a summer as this year. My intention is to transplant this to make room for a false spirea shrub which will flourish in full sun. I'm assuming we should dig as wide as possible to avoid knicking the roots. How deep I wonder?...See Morestaking japanese maples--can i do it
Comments (1)What kind of Japanese maple is it? That can make a real difference in its typical growth habit and how you may be able to protect it from deer down the road. Just off the cuff, I don't think what you propose is going to have much value. Without seeing the tree or knowing the variety this is all speculation but the tree sounds like it might be a smaller variety, perhaps even a weeping form. In which case, staking the branches upward is not going to produce the result you intend. Just a word or two on growth habits....... you can stake lower branches to a more upright position but it will greatly affect the beauty of the tree, which is to grow uninhibited in the form nature intended. And they will likely never be really vertical or ever above the reach of a hungry deer. Tree branches never grow higher on the tree than where they emerge initially - it is the trunk that elongates vertically. A better choice might be to remove lower reaching branches but with a 4' tree, that is somewhat of a moot point as well. You are going to be far better served by fencing the tree away from the deer predation or by using a deer repellant on a routine basis...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
5 years agoHeruga (7a Northern NJ)
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5 years agoHeruga (7a Northern NJ)
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