Young Sugar Maple Pruning Guidance Needed
Daniel Central IN, Zone 6a
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Comments (17)Two things: You want to improve this tree's structure, and while typical of its species as grown in nurseries, the structure could stand a little improvement. Keep in mind SM is a pretty structurally sound tree most of the time, even when there are some narrow branch angles, etc. Turning some of those competing leaders into branches is basically what you want to do. Head back all the non-selected leaders to an outward-facing branchlet, if possible. Leave the one you've selected to be the leader alone, unless there's something broken on it. In time, and through periodic applications of this same type of pruning, the tree will often begin to have a better structure with one main leader. This is not something to carry out throughout the tree's life. It's just to extend the period of time that it has a single leader for a few more years. The second thing is "raising up"-pruning lower branches. This is completely optional-the tree doesn't need it. But you may well need it, as would I if it was in my yard. There's nothing wrong with removing lower branches. Do it gradually, just one or a few each year, and observe the correct technique in removing these limbs. +oM...See MoreYoung sugar maple tree with Leaf scorch
Comments (4)you would get rid of a tree .. simply because all its leaves are pretty???? pshaw.. ignore it.. looks hale and healthy to me.. me doth think ye protest too much ... which is another way of suggesting you might be loving it to death.. in this case.. literally... since you are thinking about killing it .... FF sends a foot tall plants, dont they ..... and thats your tree in 4 years???? .. crikey man... sick trees dont grow that fast..... enjoy it.. dont worry about it... ken ps: i would NOT bother feeding a maple anything either.. use up what you got.. but its a tree.. not a child.. it doenst need to be fed.. and proof of that.. is that freakin monster behind it.. which i am sure.. no one has fed in the last 50 to 100 years ......See MoreShould I prune this young Sun Valley maple?
Comments (13)scoring the sides of a root bound plant is NOT sufficient ... when the leaves fall off.. pull it out ... hose off all soil.. and you might be shocked at what little you did with the scoring ... replant at proper height.. in a hole sized as suggested.. NO SOIL AMENDMENTS ... as per this weekends wind.. did the tree move at all??? .... if not.. then whats the point of all the roping??? .. dylan said it best when he said: the answer my friend .... is blowing in the wind ... when i plant in my sand.. once back filled about 66% .. i step in there.. and really tamp down the soil ... while insuring it doesnt end up too deep ... my soil is obviously not your clay soil.. but if you are so lightly setting it in the hole ... then that is your potential problem... in heavy clay soil.. many recommend actually planting about half of the root mass above grade.. and making a berm or mound with good soil ... ken...See MoreNorway Maple vs. Sugar Maple
Comments (35)To repeat what has been said a number of times before, there are Red Maples (Acer rubrum) in varying cultivars and then there are other cultivars of maples whose leaves turn red in the fall. There are also maples, mostly Japanese maples but other species as well, whose leaves come in red or reddish, some of whose leaves stay red and some turn green. The TRUE Red Maple is the A. rubrum, so called, as far as I know, because the flowers, which are very early before the leaves, are very red, as are the early stages of the samaras. Any other tree, if of another variety of maple (Norway, silver, etc.) MAY have the word red somewhere in its name, or have red leaves all summer or in the fall, but it will NOT BE a Red Maple, although it may be a red-colored maple, for example, the above mentioned Crimson King Norway Maple. Sorry for the lecture, but it's a pet peeve, and so you got the rant.......See MoreDaniel Central IN, Zone 6a
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