Koto Hime Maple Progression

[Darth Masiah]

Do love seeing how well yours do. What do you normally grow cuttings in (medium)?

coco coir and perlite mixed at about 2 to 1

 

[Darth Masiah]

Wow, those air layered trees look great. Almost 40 years of development. Would love to see what the main tree looks like now.

you only get a peak at it from a distance in this video, but he gets close to the two airlayers.

 

[Darth Masiah]

last years airlayer looks good



thinned out a little cutting



looks like this cutting from last year is going to be a beast. thinking about adding one of these rocks i found to the composition.



mommaaaaaaaa


"there's... too many of them!" (r.i.p Gureni Telsij)

 

[Darth Masiah]

spotted a root on this airlayer.

 

[madvillain]

One of my favorite progression threads

 

[Darth Masiah]

first sign of roots at the bottom.

 

[Darth Masiah]

airlayer separated

 

[giventofly]

Did you airlayer just by using the wire to act like a ring? (can't remember the technique name)

 

[Darth Masiah]

Did you airlayer just by using the wire to act like a ring? (can't remember the technique name)

here's a pic from post #199



i only put wire on the bottom to stop callus from moving up. this cultivar naturally swells at the base when taking cuttings and airlayers, so i don't need extra compression or something for the callus to roll over to make it wider at the nebari. i didn't use rooting hormone on this one, either. big callus and fast rooting is just it's thing. I always have to remove a lot of roots that pop out above the cut site on the trunk. 5 removed on this tree before i even separated it. i like coco/perlite because it doesn't obstruct the fine roots from extending while still having good density and pressure on the tree, while being fast draining and getting a good gas exchange, and for how easy it is to check out what's going on at the cut site

 

[SeanS]

 

[Darth Masiah]

I'm subbed to that dude. good channel. you can see in this video how they look growing in small pots. that busted branch will probably root fine

 

[SeanS]

I'm subbed to that dude. good channel. you can see in this video how they look growing in small pots. that busted branch will probably root fine

I felt his disappointment

 

[Darth Masiah]

another cut back

 

[NateDyk47]

Looking great, man. Thanks for keeping such detailed progress threads, it's really helpful to see these evolve over time.

Are you worried at all about keeping so many branches on the low trunk? Can this lead to taper issues, or do you plan to select ones to keep before they get too big?

 

[Darth Masiah]

Are you worried at all about keeping so many branches on the low trunk? Can this lead to taper issues, or do you plan to select ones to keep before they get too big?

definitely going to delete anything that looks like it'll lead to reverse taper while trying to keep as many branches as possible.

 

[Ininaatigoons]

Incredible. This is such a great progression. Enjoying every update. Thank you!

 

[madvillain]

another cut back

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root flare and nebari go crazy man! exquisite work

 

[Darth Masiah]

this one grew a lot in august so i cut it back again.

 

[Ininaatigoons]

Yes!

 

[ibakey]

My kotohime barely grew much this season. No idea why. How did you push growth?