I’m hoping a collection of cuttings I took take root. Before I lifted the tree I methodically when down the tree while in the ground and cut it apart into 8-9” (20-22cm) sections. Put a rooting gel on and plunged them into a large pot of soil. If they don’t take there’s nothing lost....the top would have been thrown away if not cut apart. An experiment for me.
The dimpling......I thought that was the initial start of rough bark forming. No knowledge really....just what I thought...or hoped seeing as how I wanted the tree to rough up with bark.
I have several self-sown field maples I found in my garden, they are very variable. Some have deeply cut lobes, whereas others have very rounded ones, some have a rather smooth bark, others have a kind of cork bark when young.
This. Will be following your experience with this tree in a container closely - I have steered clear of acquiring one due to thinking 6a is too cold for them. Might be worth trying per your effort - maybe similar to my trident maples, which do fine in the ground but kept in unheated garage when in a container. Very curious. Awesome base! Thanks for sharing.
Field maple is hardy as. Do not worry about them in your zone. Will be fine.
This Field Maple has always grown outdoors. I’ve never moved it around due to weather...other than digging it up back a few years to put it in direct sun all day. It was weak without the direct sun. The only practice I add is a circular mesh fence with a windscreen over it for the winter. The circular is open on the top so take the tree gets covered well with snow. Basically, from the end if October to the end of March I do nothing with the tree. Nature does all the work. Because of the container life now I may simply bury the container and apply a surrounding windscreen. I created several cuttings as I chopped the tree down. Hopefully some will root and give me experiment times. I took cuttings from 1” thick down to about 3/8” thickness. Some rooting gel....and put in a squat pot of peat mixed with bonsai soil (it’s what I had nearby at the time). With these I’ll learn whether I really do need to bury the pot or simply provide wind-screening. For now though, I have a very sandy soil so it’s quite easy to dig a trench for it and easily remove it in spring.
That’s good information. Thanks.
Yup....that’s my tree.
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Being out of the ground I add a zone number to the lower side. So I think in terms of 5-8. This is for the USA. It’s just not that common though.
Ah wow, I do the same. I must have gotten some bad information.
Thanks.
