Hacks Maples

Hack Yeah! · Feb 21, 2021

Dug the mother plant standard AP today, roots were a mess so didn't leave much to start over, good luck little tree

Hack Yeah! · Feb 21, 2021

A nishiki gawa AP, airlayer last year, separated today. planning on keeping both trunks

Hack Yeah! · Feb 21, 2021

2 yr from airlayer standard AP. Was planning twin trunk but decided to cut the little one while potting up

Hack Yeah! · Feb 21, 2021

1 yr from airlayer standard AP, I put 2 others in the ground but decided to start working this one. Hacked this one proper

sneutrino · Feb 21, 2021

Hack Yeah! said:
2 yr from airlayer standard AP. Was planning twin trunk but decided to cut the little one while potting up
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Out of curiosity, is that water-darkened APL? Or pumice, black lava, and something else?

Hack Yeah! · Feb 21, 2021

smoke tip

sneutrino said:
Out of curiosity, is that water-darkened APL? Or pumice, black lava, and something else?

Yes APL

Hack Yeah! · Feb 21, 2021

Another note, the tree in post 24 was planted directly on the bottom of the pot. That was a tip from @Smoke in another thread

Hack Yeah! · Apr 8, 2021

Hack Yeah! said:
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.
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I tried pinching new growth on this tree last year to control internode length with no luck. It doesn't have a very solid root base so I'm going to let it go now this year and see if I can strengthen that first. Then cut back and figure out the internodes more next year

Hack Yeah! · Apr 20, 2021

Alrighty, large field grown trident, collected last year, 2020. Grew well all last season and leafed out early and strong this year. I decided to go ahead with my large prunes now. Very happy with the end result, now just to hope it doesn't pout or worse...

Hack Yeah! · May 18, 2021

Big daddy trident didn't skip a beat. I was hoping it would back bud where a cut off that large piece... and man did it ever!

Hack Yeah! · May 19, 2021

Post 24 update

Hack Yeah! · Jun 1, 2021

Some layers starting to really roll.

A.P

namnhi · Jun 1, 2021

Well done on having a lots of material to play with.

Hack Yeah! · Jun 1, 2021

namnhi said:
Well done on having a lots of material to play with.

, I am very happy to be entering the next phase of my bonsai journey. I should be able to begin working on developing branches and canopies... finally! Lol

Hack Yeah! · Jun 9, 2021

Layer separated today, twas a big un!

and cleaned up the stump, which is my first airlayer ever. Hopefully it'll make some head way on a new leader this season then into a flat next spring...

Hack Yeah! · Jun 19, 2021

Separated another standard AP today, potted and cleaned up the remaining stump, it should be ready for a training pot next year

Hack Yeah! · Jul 10, 2021

3 yrs ago I bought several starter AP , maybe 2 yr ago I put them in the ground. Since they are all grafted I went forward with trying small layers this year. I mainly wanted to ensure they would layer and I also needed to thin them out a little to let my intended trunk lines to continue to grow larger.

This first one is an AP peaches and cream. It's a fairly vigorous grower.