Bravura Bonsai
Mame
"There are many resources online"
Send me the links or shut up.
Send me the links or shut up.
Japanese Maple cuttings [From start to finish: A Guide]
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TN_Jim
Omono
Sterile scissors, cut 90% of leaf off, leave only two leaves like this per cutting..
Cut at very acute angle
Bonsai soil, under bench, water daily
Cut at very acute angle
Bonsai soil, under bench, water daily
TN_Jim
Omono
amcoffeegirl
Masterpiece
As you say a copy and paste here- a very thorough scientifically documented and published paper.
Also this-
Also this-
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Learning how to do something at which you fail, includes opening your mind for the option that the person who is telling you how to do it, might know what they are talking about.
I gave you a link to a page I wrote to show people what I do. You challenged the technique. I showed the outcome/results. Then you go ahead an insult me?
Really?
I would say,
but that would be repeating myself.
I know reading is an acquired skill but...:https://www.growingbonsai.net/bonsai-propagation-by-cuttings-in-spring/
Idote boer.
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
I DID look at your post seriously, which is why I posted the link to something I have personally verified to work
I do not follow external cloaked links, for reasons which should be self-explanatory for an internet-wizz like yourself
There is misinformation on everything. Happy to be a biologist and thus already able to sift things out that are clear rubbish. Then test what makes sense. And if it works, I am telling people who ask how to do it. For free. That's the sort of person I am.
You are welcome.
Dan92119
Mame
You haven’t said what variety of Japanese maple you are trying. I have read some can not be reproduced from cuttings or air layers(or they are very difficult) They can only be grafted.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Quick summary of what I’ve seen so far.
-Hi. I’m new to Bonsai and you all are doing it wrong. Watch my thread and youll learn. Oh and Nigel Saunders is a fake.-
Preach boy!
-Hi. I’m new to Bonsai and you all are doing it wrong. Watch my thread and youll learn. Oh and Nigel Saunders is a fake.-
Preach boy!
Deep Sea Diver
Imperial Masterpiece
Hmm... can’t get maples to grow from cuttings? Cut in the early morning late May - August here, stick in moistpeat perlite potting soil, use rooting compound - or not, keep em’ moist and watch them grow...
What’s the issue?
Cheers
DSD sends
What’s the issue?
Cheers
DSD sends
MrWunderful
Omono
Ive never had a maple cutting fail.
maybe its that garbage mud you are growing them in.
maybe its that garbage mud you are growing them in.
Bravura Bonsai
Mame
This is the advice i got and the advice i have used in the pictures sent above. I hope it works. I will keep you updated.
Bravura Bonsai
Mame
Is that really a quick summary of this while thread. Can i quote you on that for future reference?Quick summary of what I’ve seen so far.
-Hi. I’m new to Bonsai and you all are doing it wrong. Watch my thread and youll learn. Oh and Nigel Saunders is a fake.-
Preach boy!
Bravura Bonsai
Mame
Read the original post for the issue? Cheers. Thanks
Bravura Bonsai
Mame
Yes maybe. Trees outside in nature don't grow in my garbage mud they grow in 100% perlite and sometimes in 50%perlite and 50%peatmoss. Those are the only conditions for plant growth.
Dryad
Sapling
This pretty much sums it up.
@Bravura Bonsai
Keep attempting to propagate your JM cuttings in mud, I'm sure you'll have more success than those with decades of experience whose advice you have so readily disregarded...
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
I don't understand.....you are new to bonsai, failed 3 times yet have your method to prove that it will work......and on top of that has an attitude to go with it?
MrWunderful
Omono
Where are deciduous cuttings propagated naturally without help from man?
Seeds can grow in mud on the side of a ditch.
If only there was an ideal substrate to give you the best results that experienced nursery growers have used millions of times
probably not though. Looks like we need you to figure it out. We need you, to tell us how to do something a decent amount of us have already had success with.
But please, keep up the attitude. I personally am very impressed with your obvious knowledge and impeccable tact.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
SeanS
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I didn’t read all the replies, seems like there’s some bickering. But here’s my input:
1. it’s not summer here in SA, it’s autumn/fall
2. I took and rooted around 20 JM cuttings this season in South Africa, mostly in spring and early summer. I think it’s too late to be taking cuttings now.
3. Seems like yours using regular garden soil. I used straight perlite. You want something light and airy. Maybe others have had success using garden dirt but why not rather use what’s tried and tested and what’s known to work?
4. You definitely need a humidity tent/done in our climate. I used one and don’t think JM cuttings would last long in our summer.
1. it’s not summer here in SA, it’s autumn/fall
2. I took and rooted around 20 JM cuttings this season in South Africa, mostly in spring and early summer. I think it’s too late to be taking cuttings now.
3. Seems like yours using regular garden soil. I used straight perlite. You want something light and airy. Maybe others have had success using garden dirt but why not rather use what’s tried and tested and what’s known to work?
4. You definitely need a humidity tent/done in our climate. I used one and don’t think JM cuttings would last long in our summer.
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