2nd time I have tried to post. What is wrong with japanese maple
Sharon Salisbury
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Timing/Soil Temperatures for Full Repot of Japanese Maples
Comments (18)Blake, as someone who lives in your area and grows a lot of maples in containers, maybe my experience will be helpful to you. Late winter/early spring weather in the Puget Sound area can be very unpredictable - mild and balmy one day with freezing temps and snow the next. That said, I repot maples pretty much year round......it just depends on the reasons and when I've purchased them. A routine maintenance repotting (and one that may involve root pruning) I generally reserve for just before bud break, although I've done it in late fall as well. Hard to say exactly when that may be, as it seems to vary both with weather and the tree in question. After examining the repotting candidates for this year recently, I'd guess I'd start this process in about 2-3 weeks or mid to late March - the buds on my trees are looking very good and healthy and starting to show signs of coming to life. These also tend to be some of my larger maples, so working with the plant while it is still pretty much dormant is both easier on me and on the tree. But it is quite possible to repot JM's succcessfully when in leaf as long as they are small enough to handle easily and you can provide some additional specialized care to get them over the transplant hurdle. I also don't pay too much attention to soil temps at this time -- that doesn't seem to have too much bearing on container soils, as they don't hold the moisture as avidly as Puget Sound inground soils do and they do tend to warm sooner as well. FWIW, I wouldn't necessarily consider planting a new JM in the ground at this time of year as the soil is simply too wet, in fact it's too wet to plant much of anything and you can damage the soil if you attempt to work it in this condition. I also don't provide any special winter attention unless it is a very small plant - 2G or less. Mine are out there year round and have gone through some seriously cold temps without any problems. They are in pretty good sized pots, however - repotting is a lot of work and I tend to use larger containers (15G at least) just because they seem to fit the scale of the plant better and don't require repotting attention quite so often. I addition to the excellent and helpful information you find here, you might want to visit the Maples forum too. There are a number of us that grow JM's in containers that post there regularly and lots of good info about growing these trees, both in containers and in ground....See MoreThe police were here again ... for the 2nd time !!
Comments (39)The reason you're responsible is that you are also allowed to remove any dangerous branches or offensive leaf droppers :) A neighbor does not have the ability to go onto your property to trim their trees. Think about it...say you have the neighbor from hell who won't allow you to trim branches, even if they're an obvious risk to their property, do you want to face being sued for their lack of cooperation? I myself would not be excited about allowing just anyone over on my property to trim limbs if my neighbor wanted them trimmed. I'm putting in a complicated (but easier LOL) garden and I don't want some joe blow tree trimmer over on my property with equiptment or to trip over a brick and sue me because he's trimming my neighbor's tree. We require anyone who works on our home or yard to be insured...if the neighbor calls them how would I know? My neighbors are lovely, so it's not an issue, but that does not mean that a new neighbor would be the same. I'm actually trimming limbs off of my neighbors trees right now (legally allowed but we discuss any major changes because we're friends). She's for anything I do because we're improving the property on the line, but still, thank god she's not a busy body who wants to control every branch. I'd trim your "offending" tree if it offended me :) I'm trimming pretty trees now, but while they're pretty, they don't fit the future garden's goals and they block my view. If I had a yard with too much shade and a neighbor's tree was over it...I'd cut the limb off because an ugly stub is in fact less ugly than me sitting in the yard in one square foot of sunshine :oP And as to the lawn guy trimming the tree....don't judge a book by it's cover. My lawn guy trims the trees here. He's an arborist as well as a lawn mower and very qualified to handle something like a limb being cut off. I'm sorry your neighbor sucks. In cases like this there should be a goverment fund that allows us to buy the house of any annoying neighbors to get rid of them :oP I would buy six townhouses in my other neighborhood LOL...See MoreKitchen Reveal! My 2nd time! From white to...
Comments (27)lynn2006 - The Pot and Pan pull out is by Rev-A-Shelf, and not sold by Mid Continent. It fits in a 24" wide cabinet. I think they also have a skinnier one. I love it. And the LED UC lights are 2700. I wish I would have done a few more, but they are the perfect color. The overhead recessed lights came with the house, just regular lighting. Ideally, I would have changed them, but it wasn't in the budget. They are not really in the best layout, but it was too much trouble to do anything about it. myfoursons -- If you look closely, you'll notice that our KA Mixer in the cabinet is what my kids call "Notre Dame Blue". That was the only color my husband would allow. lcskaisgir -- yes, I'm so happy to get a deeper cabinet above the refrigerator and pull that away from the corner. Makes such a difference!...See More2nd year sapling pot size for japanese maple.
Comments (14)Gardengal, Thanks for the comparison to grafted plants pots and the reminder about bark based compost. It almost sounds like I could leave the plants in the 4"x9" they are in now for another year. That would be nice. Re: "Varieties" I sort of didn't think about seeds not being 100% true to the parent plant, and I would not call them the original. But having said that it's hard NOT to call these guys 'varieties'. There is an obvious difference between the little guys that resemble the parent pretty well. I have 6 little red ones from a Sherwood Flame that look identical to one another, 6 pinkish-green Japanese maple trees from a Sango Kaku, and 1 from a Seiryu... . So yeah they are not official but hey you can't beat the price----and they are absolutely beautiful! Maybe I'll give them each a unique name, like Bardamu's Rufescent Sprout, etc then sell them on eBay. There are so many varieties, and I sure can't tell what's what in this crazy world. Ken, I'm not any more worried about these plants living through this winter than with my other potted plants--which is a substantial concern. But here I didn't bring it up. I just wanted to know an acceptable pot size for a 2 year old JM tree for next spring. I live in Southern Massachusetts in a spot I like to call z6. I really should put that in my nickname. Since the generic acer palmata are in a small pot now, I am burying the pots in ground under a wind shelter, so I think I've got that part covered---or I am in for an unpleasant surprise!...See MoreSharon Salisbury
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