Sean Walker
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I know it’s a gamble but I’d love to try to grow some seeds from a beautiful summer red/scarlet and magnificent fall red tree along with any unique and or oddly small leafed JM.
Thank you
Thank you
Japanese maple cultivars cannot be propagated by seed. So any traits in the parent aren't expected to be present in the seeds. It's a notoriously unstable species. So much so that every seed is considered a different cultivar than its parent.I know it’s a gamble but I’d love to try to grow some seeds from a beautiful summer red/scarlet and magnificent fall red tree along with any unique and or oddly small leafed JM.
Thank you
Slightly disagreeJapanese maple cultivars cannot be propagated by seed. So any traits in the parent aren't expected to be present in the seeds. It's a notoriously unstable species. So much so that every seed is considered a different cultivar than its parent.
Lemme know when you do this.....you crossed a laceleaf with an arakawa
already done this.
Nothing different from seed from traders.i did buy before and also collected some from local JM around end of November, they both germinated, i dont see much difference in the growth.
Interesting! How do you go about crossing these cultivars? I usually only see cutting/grafting guides for propagation — nothing specific to actual breeding like this.already done this.
Seeds collected from the arakawa mother showing lacey leaves. But first year. Too early to tell what the result will be. Unlikely that it works first time but who knows.
Absolutely! I sowed over 500 seeds from a dozen different cultivars in a seedbed this fall that was designed specifically for my maples. I have seen random seedling variations in wild collected seedlings and I am very excited about watches these seedlings develop over the next few years. The beauty of it is that with very few exceptions, I have never met a Japanese maple I didn't like. The larger bed in the picture is all my maples.I personally recommend sowing all the seed you can get. Keep the best ones. Give or trade the rest away. Is is after all how cultivars come (came?) to be in many cases. Sorting through thousands till you have one with specific traits and/or crossing cultivars to become a new interesting one.
Absolutely! I sowed over 500 seeds from a dozen different cultivars in a seedbed this fall that was designed specifically for my maples. I have seen random seedling variations in wild collected seedlings and I am very excited about watches these seedlings develop over the next few years. The beauty of it is that with very few exceptions, I have never met a Japanese maple I didn't like. The larger bed in the picture is all my maples.
Thank you. They were not that hard to build and I am really pleased. I described them more fully in another post.Love the grow beds!
In this case it is a matter of a friend with some hundred maples, all sorts of cultivars that cross fertilize. Then keep track of the motherplant and sowing. Upon germination you check the leaves that come out. I got a few with lacy leavesInteresting! How do you go about crossing these cultivars? I usually only see cutting/grafting guides for propagation — nothing specific to actual breeding like this.
a friend with some hundred maples, all sorts of cultivars that cross fertilize
It was, as the seeds came from the arakawa..Hybridized
I was speaking in generalIt was, as the seeds came from the arakawa..
Also I’m not looking for a handout
i like that. almost like reverse psych. i might do something similar my whole life. i can ask questions or hold a convo and get information back in a strange way. instead of proposing accuracy, normalcy, or tradition, even when i might 'know' an answer or have an opinion about something. in order to increase chances of a response... i do this in real life little convos too. thanks for the intel on this type of behavior. im glad i dont use it to be manipulative either.Lemme know when you do this.....
I speak in absolutes so that someone will correct me via Cunningham's Law.