Japanese Maple Cutling how to?

[Porkchop]

I have a Japanese maple weeping version in my front yard. Here's some pictures. I want to take a cutling and start a bonsai with it. How tall of a branch, soil mix etc. I have succulent mix and bonsai mix I was going to put together. Go ahead and put into a bonsai pot or a regular pot until it gets going? I live in south west Ohio. Our yard gets plenty of sun and shade.

 

[Dav4]

Plenty of resources available here and on google with a simple search on maple cuttings. With that said, I wouldn't bother with this one as weeping Japanese maples are extremely difficult if not impossible to strike from cuttings.

 

[CasAH]

Looks like Crimson Queen.

 

[Porkchop]

I have another one that is a pigmy Japanese maple. But it's only a few feet tall. Can I take a small branch from it?

 

[thumblessprimate1]

I have another one that is a pigmy Japanese maple. But it's only a few feet tall. Can I take a small branch from it?

Do it. I'd air layer instead.

 

[Porkchop]

Do it. I'd air layer instead.

Don't know what that means. Sorry

 

[Porkchop]

Looked it up. Doesn't seem too hard to do. Just a waiting game

 

[toscgwsndiqz]

I separated this Koto Hime air layer today- 2 months

 

[thumblessprimate1]

I separated this Koto Hime air layer today- 2 months

Is that plastic shell one of the containers from toy dispensing machine that takes quarters or tokens? Did you slice it or just make a hole through the top and bottom? Good idea for smaller airlayers.

 

[toscgwsndiqz]

Is that plastic shell one of the containers from toy dispensing machine that takes quarters or tokens? Did you slice it or just make a hole through the top and bottom? Good idea for smaller airlayers.

Is that plastic shell one of the containers from toy dispensing machine that takes quarters or tokens? Yes- I have many.
Did you slice it or just make a hole through the top and bottom? Both, first I drill a hole in the top and bottom then sliced the side. sometimes electrical tape is needed to keep them closed.

 

[Saddler]

Looked it up. Doesn't seem too hard to do. Just a waiting game

Its not hard to do. Make sure your top cut is very clean, below that The wood is scraped clean. Use living moss too. easy peasy Japanesey maple tree.