Hacks Maples

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Thought I'd follow suit as some of you other guys and place my trees in collections vs tree by tree thread.
First up is an Amur. I just separated a layer today. Kind of lopsided with the roots. Hopefully separation will encourage some more roots to go ahead and shoot out. Regardless of how the layer does the mother plant should survive just fine. More to follow

 

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The half sided root monster wasn't too happy with separating from momma, it dropped all of its leaves by August 1st so I cut it back. Just started to push a new bud today. It'll be fun to see if it pulls through.

 

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Here is an Acer palmatum Tamukeyama I bought at the 2019 spring Atlanta bonsai society show. They are noted to do well in my climate, looking forward to its repot next season.

 

[0soyoung]

If this was on the tag from this tree, it was mislabeled. A.p. 'Tamukeyama is a red dissectum. It is a nice maple, nonetheless.

 

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If this was on the tag from this tree, it was mislabeled. A.p. 'Tamukeyama is a red dissectum. It is a nice maple, nonetheless.

Thanks, it wasn't tagged, actually seemed like a guess when I was speaking with the guy. It leafed bright red. I keep it in medium to heavy shade.

 

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Here is an A.p. shishigashira practice airlayer I separated last June, 2018. I had wired the branch for movement as I set the layer, by the time it was ready to separate it had grossly bitten in. Good news is the layer has survived 1 winter and 2 growing seasons...

 

[sixemkay]

It leafed bright red. I keep it in medium to heavy shade.

I had a Tamukeyama and they do fade to green in the heat of summer-- mine was planted in dappled to full shade, so it might stay red in sun but it's too hot to try that here. It was only truly red when leaves first popped and then in fall before they dropped.

Thanks for sharing these!

 

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Ap kotohime, souvenir from a trip to Brussels. Just up potted this season, I'll probably put it in a training pot next spring

 

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Here is my longest A.p. project. I bought the original plant from Mike Redmond in 2017. My first airlayer was the smaller single trunk in late summer of 17. Then in spring of 18 I took the much larger double trunk which was most of the tree. All 3 in the ground now. I'm planning on another round of layers next year then dig these up in Feb 2021.

 

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Here were more images from the layer separation in June 2018

 

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Two more projects, shiso improved and nishiki gawa for airlayer

 

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Set 5 layers today, 4 standard green acer and 1 nishiki gawa. I am planning on chopping the standard ones down later this season anyway. The amur I started this thread with didn't make it through the winter.

 

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Also saw two king snakes in the yard today, unfortunately the dog saw one of them and grabbed it. Punctured its belly, I placed it on the other side of my fence and it moved away not sure if it'll make it.

 

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Repotted this year

 

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This was a layer from last season, nishiki gawa, I put it in a 10 year contest thread, but cannot find that thread now, it'll go in the ground this fall for awhile

 

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From the layers I set on April 14th i saw some first roots today

 

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I separated my standards A.P today. Roots look great. I use the milled type peat moss in my layers so I go ahead and untangle the roots gently with my fingers and screw them to a small stand for support and to encourage lateral roots. I understand this isn't conventional but it's worked for me the past 2 seasons. The last pic is the original mother plant. Hopefully it back buds well and is ready to dig next spring

 

[Bnana]

Do you just drive a screw through a piece of wood into the trunk?
I'm having two air layering growing at the moment and was thinking about doing the same thing. It makes it easier to fix the tree and stimulates lateral root growth.

 

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Do you just drive a screw through a piece of wood into the trunk?

Yep, not a very long one, 3/4" wood, 1 1/4" screw.

 

[Bnana]

Great, I'll try that too once there are enough roots.