Call for red maples (acer rubrum)

[sorce]

I may not have to ground layer this if I get like 2 roots in one spot.

About pop, f soda, can thick at the top, there is a nice hidden flare.

There is a bud by that white speck.



I found a shovel over the tracks from it, and had the saw in my pocket for Al's underpaid help Justin Case.



No or few veggies this year....trees.

Sorce

 

[ABCarve]

This one is from post #40. The tree has not had a branch or twig pruned in 3 years. All growth has been managed with leaf pruning, partial defoliations. As the giant leaves harden off in the spring they tend to shadow and kill the smaller inner leaves. The large outer leaves are pruned off a few at a time. These will be replaced smaller second flush leaves as the season progress'.

 

[VAFisher]

This one is from post #40. The tree has not had a branch or twig pruned in 3 years. All growth has been managed with leaf pruning, partial defoliations. As the giant leaves harden off in the spring they tend to shadow and kill the smaller inner leaves. The large outer leaves are pruned off a few at a time. These will be replaced smaller second flush leaves as the season progress'.

What a great red maple!

 

[VAFisher]

Here is one I dug up this spring sitting next to my mixed maple/sweetgum forest. Still a ways to go but I think it has potential.

 

[drew33998]

Heres one that i am ground/air layering. I cut the tap root after excavating it. Then i peeled back the cambium and placed sphag & bags around the roots. I am banking on the fact that it will try to bridge the gapp and i will get roots a little further out from where i made the cut. Why not just ground layer? I might be moving soon and needed roots as fast as possible. All the branching will be cut off and i will start new leaders from the latent buds you see below. Its a mess currently. Hopefully in 8 weeks i will have photos of a ton of roots.

 

[drew33998]

This one is from post #40. The tree has not had a branch or twig pruned in 3 years. All growth has been managed with leaf pruning, partial defoliations. As the giant leaves harden off in the spring they tend to shadow and kill the smaller inner leaves. The large outer leaves are pruned off a few at a time. These will be replaced smaller second flush leaves as the season progress'.

About as nice as ive ever seen a rubrum

 

[MountainExplorer]

When would one dig up a red maple?

 

[Stickroot]

When would one dig up a red maple?

Late Feb early march
But that's just me

 

[MountainExplorer]

Late Feb early march
But that's just me

And the ground is not frozen still? I think where this little guy is up in the mountains it will be frozen late March april.

 

[jeanluc83]

After the ground has thawed but before the tree has leafed out. For Mass it would probably be late April but it is different every year.

I grew up in the southern Adirondacks and spring wouldn't come until May some years.

 

[MountainExplorer]

After the ground has thawed but before the tree has leafed out. For Mass it would probably be late April but it is different every year.

I grew up in the southern Adirondacks and spring wouldn't come until May some years.

This little guy is up in the White mountains so I guess I'll play it by ear

 

[GGB]

@MountainExplorer that looks pretty solid

 

[MountainExplorer]

@MountainExplorer that looks pretty solid

It caught my eye pretty quick.

 

[ohiogrown]

They need lots of work. But it’s a start I guess.

 

[M. Frary]

When would one dig up a red maple?

Never.

 

[MountainExplorer]

Never.

Lol

 

[Gene Deci]

At one time I had a number of collected red maples, two of which I especially liked. Over a period of two and a half years starting three years ago they all died. I took one to my extension agent who said it had the blight which was prevalent in the area (Northern Michigan). I think they may be the best of our native maples for bonsai but I probably won't try again.

 

[VAFisher]

Never.

You're missing out! I think it's all about which variety. The ones here in central VA (trilobum I think) don't have very long petioles and the leaves seem to reduce pretty well. @Zach Smith reports an issue with rotting from the chop site in year 2 or 3, but I haven't got that far yet with the bigger one I collected, so we'll see. I think he is working with drummondii, so maybe the trilobum won't have that problem. All in all, I think they can make pretty nice trees. Paul Katich definitely thought so and so does Arthur Joura, who handles the bonsai collection at the NC Arboretum.

 

[Zach Smith]

You're missing out! I think it's all about which variety. The ones here in central VA (trilobum I think) don't have very long petioles and the leaves seem to reduce pretty well. @Zach Smith reports an issue with rotting from the chop site in year 2 or 3, but I haven't got that far yet with the bigger one I collected, so we'll see. I think he is working with drummondii, so maybe the trilobum won't have that problem. All in all, I think they can make pretty nice trees. Paul Katich definitely thought so and so does Arthur Joura, who handles the bonsai collection at the NC Arboretum.

Yes, I'm working with drummondii. Hopefully you have better luck with your variety.

 

[Giga]

This little guy is up in the White mountains so I guess I'll play it by ear View attachment 163342

Would def get that. I love red maple