Tartarian Maple Cut Wounds

[Quince]

Does the tartarian have much larger leaves than the amur?

I have a Tatarian maple that Is about 7 years from seed. The size range of the leaves mirrors that of the amur. I like the way it's smaller leaves are lobless, almost like an alder. Something different for the bench and less common than the amurs for sure.

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[bwaynef]

In my research, the species is named Acer tataricum; one "r". To my understanding, there are a people group called Tatars from the same area these trees are native (roughly). I have to believe the tree is so named purposefully. I've got a handful of the trees grown from seed that pruning shears have never touched. (Squirrels and chipmunks on the other hand...)

 

[atlarsenal]

All this talk about tatars is making me hungry!

 

[takeme4granite]

In my research, the species is named Acer tataricum; one "r". To my understanding, there are a people group called Tatars from the same area these trees are native (roughly). I have to believe the tree is so named purposefully. I've got a handful of the trees grown from seed that pruning shears have never touched. (Squirrels and chipmunks on the other hand...)

You're right about the spelling! I don't know what I was thinking.

Okay so I have a question. The tree is backbudding pretty well after chopping those three large branches late in the winter. Should I pinch the buds that in in places that I don't want now? A lot of the buds are 2 or 3 in one location, should I thin them out so there is only one in each location? Or should I just let it grow?

Thanks!

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

If the buds are definitely in areas where you will not need them for future design, rub off the buds now, while still tiny. Sometime in either autumn or following early spring, where you have 2 or more buds from the same point, remove the extras, leaving only one. Keep the one that is pointed in the "correct direction". Actually 2 or 3 times a year I take extra branches and unwanted shoots off my Amur, maple. But do let the Amur get somewhat "bushy" as you need to increase the diameter of the trunk to get healing of the cut wounds.

Keep at least one or two buds immediately above those cut wounds to aid with healing. Unfortunately you don't seem to have any buds forming there yet. If one does, keep it. I would keep one or two buds that form right on the edge of the middle or lower part of the cut wound, especially in the thin strip between the 2 wounds. You need the branches to pull sap flow otherwise the narrow strip between the 2 wounds might not stay alive, making the area to dead tissue to heal over much larger. Unless the branches are part of the design, don't let them get too large, Let them grow a year or two, then remove them to be replaced by another bud from the same area.