Hacks Maples

[0soyoung]

Too much fun

 

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I had built a little propagation tent to try some cuttings this year, they seem to be doing pretty well. I hope to see some new growth soon. I used pumice and perlite as my medium. Couple of mister nozzles tied to a saw horse and a piece of plastic to hold the humidity. I left the end open.

 

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First repot of the season. Trident starting to leaf early. Big scars to the back. Stovepipe soil exit, so maybe layer one day? This is a field grown tree, first repot after collecting 2 yrs ago. Primary purpose of this tree is to start learning to build branch structure and the apex.

 

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Amur maple already leafing

 

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Standard A.P. from airlayer, repot today, time to choose my trunk line this season.

 

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A.P. Nishiki Gawa, pine bark. Ground layered, not great, not the worst. Planning on building my tree from the shorter right trunk. Airlayer the other side. If it lives of course, hahaha

 

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My first airlayer ever. Just dug out of the ground. Standard A.P.

 

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I set several layers this weekend, everything looking good and vigorous. The last one in the wooden box came from the @Dav4 moving fire sale, Kashima I think? Thanks Dave!

 

[Dav4]

I set several layers this weekend, everything looking good and vigorous. The last one in the wooden box came from the @Dav4 moving fire sale, Kashima I think? Thanks Dave!
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Yep, I believe Kashima… Looks happy!

 

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1 yr from airlayer standard AP, I put 2 others in the ground but decided to start working this one. Hacked this one proper
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Worked on this tree a little today. Cut back the leader as the wounds have healed reasonably well. Hoping for a little back budding and chop lower in the future. Super nice day here.

 

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My first airlayer ever. Just dug out of the ground. Standard A.P.
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Cut the chop site down to a more appropriate angle on this one today. I'm hoping by the time this cut heals this tree is looking more like a tree!

 

[Hack Yeah!]

I had built a little propagation tent to try some cuttings this year, they seem to be doing pretty well. I hope to see some new growth soon. I used pumice and perlite as my medium. Couple of mister nozzles tied to a saw horse and a piece of plastic to hold the humidity. I left the end open.

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Had some success with my maple cuttings propagation experiment. 18 little cuttings moved still alive. Amur, kotohime, nishiki gawa, and one chisio improved.

 

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2 yr from airlayer standard AP. Was planning twin trunk but decided to cut the little one while potting up
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Reasonably hard prune on this one today. That second trunk will likely go after the wounds have healed. Repot next year

 

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Dug the mother plant standard AP today, roots were a mess so didn't leave much to start over, good luck little treeView attachment 355838

Mama Bear did pretty well last season. I've got a branch positioned for a graft. Going to let the leader help close the wounds for a few more weeks, maybe cut at the end of June. These strike cuttings fairly easy so I may take some for root grafts next year.

 

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This one is in the maple literati thread, growing strong this year so it got a hard cut back and fresh moss dressing. Pathetic attempt at an approach root graft going there... we'll see next season. Maybe defoliate later this season if it comes back strong.

 

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First air layer separation of the season, kotohime

 

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I'm happy with the thickness of the next section on this one so I pruned back the leader. Plan on waiting until spring and make a thread graft for the first branch.

 

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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...
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Took the leader back on this big boy today

 

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I set a few late summer layers, July 25th, due to well you know the "sickness"..lol. Anyway, great fast results, saw some roots today.

 

[Shogun610]

Took the leader back on this big boy today
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