Acer Palmatum Repot

[Mellow Mullet]

I started this small maple from seeds that I plucked off a tree growing by the church that I attend. It is two years old. Last spring I planted transferred it into the terracotta pot from the tray it was sowed in and it exploded and grew to three feet or more. I decided today that I would check out the roots.





Nice roots with a decent radial spread.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

After cleaning the roots up, I screwed it to a cutting board that I got at the dollar store. When starting with a tree this small it helps to drill a pilot hole and use a small screw to keep from splitting the trunk. I then used the same screws to arrange the roots in a more radial pattern.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

I then wired it into the "pot", for growing out I use an oil change pan that I get from the dollar store. They work really well and are sturdy. After wiring it into the pot, I filled with soil.

 

[Wilson]

Good Ole dollar store! I get rolls of drainage screen at mine.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Good Ole dollar store! I get rolls of drainage screen at mine.

I haven't seen it at mine, what does it look like

 

[Giga]

Good Ole dollar store! I get rolls of drainage screen at mine.

I havn't even thought about getting from there, great idea!

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I haven't seen it at mine, what does it look like

Completely off topic, but I love when someone's avatar makes me laugh out loud

 

[Wilson]

It's pretty robust plastic, for $2.50 I get 3.25'x20" gotta love plastics from the Peoples Republic!!

 

[namnhi]

I like the trunk movement and the roots on this one. Internodes are quite close and lots of bud in the lower trunk.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Completely off topic, but I love when someone's avatar makes me laugh out loud

Thanks! I think that you are the first to notice, I have used it for quite sometime.

 

[LanceMac10]

Thanks! I think that you are the first to notice, I have used it for quite sometime.

I laughed about it when I first saw it. But it reminded me of my old lady's C-section....so the less said the better!!! I scolded the doctor, " You brought me in here for THIS?!?!

 

[JoeR]

I love using oil pans! They're big, sturdy, a good shape, and cheap! I actually worked on a very similar project today; a small A. palmatum that was put through a CD last spring. I screwed it to a board and put it in a terra cotta pot I had lying around- I also love TC because they keep the roots cooler in the summer.