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Root grafted a Amur maple seedling on this Amur maple shohin in development
Cut back a bit on this one ..leafed out again it’s sitting on a gravel bed.. like that cause of the smalll container ..
Cut back on this one too… the Iker pot is actually good for the growth for these in development
Getting stable .. all the trees in the first planting are for wiring good and the forest is establishing nice root network.. will be awesome to see this develop through the years
Just letting this grow out
The nodes on all of these look awfully long... are these fully established or brand spankin' new?
In between which ones specifically you gotta front and cut back and the repeat the process to build secondary , tertiary etc
I guess I was referring to the Japanese Maple stand/forest; but having taken a second look, I think your pictures actually make the process of making those little shohin forests a little clearer to me.
Nope that is a Japanese maple I’ll take a pic of it too. I missed a few of the other ones I’m growing out on their owns in various media to see how each doI guess I was referring to the Japanese Maple stand/forest; but having taken a second look, I think your pictures actually make the process of making those little shohin forests a little clearer to me.
Looks, basically, like you put freshly rooted cuttings together before any kind of growth or training, which is why the nodes look rather long for the size of the trees. Then, with the tiny root space and some very thoughtful pruning and defoliation, the little trees remain THAT tiny.
Being new, it seems contrary to most advice I've been given, to mount freshly rooted cuttings without developing ramification and nebari for a while.... but I think I'm gonna have to give a shohin forest a shot. There are several different Maples in my neighborhood including a nice Japanese.
By the way, is this one a Silver Maple? View attachment 553792
This is what I was referring to.
