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Re: Spring & Summer Care for New Japanese Maple Bonsai?
Thanks for the tips Norm. I guess I should have waited to get a liquid organic fertilizer, if only because it sounds easier to deal with.
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Just a quick update.
My maple is doing very well. All of the leaf buds have opened, and I'm seeing new growth at most of the nodes. He's also gotten a little taller! He seems to be liking the new soil and pot. He's gorgeous when the sun hits his red bark and green and red leaves.
Thanks for all the tips and pointers. I'll try to post some more pictures sometime in the near future.
My maple is doing very well. All of the leaf buds have opened, and I'm seeing new growth at most of the nodes. He's also gotten a little taller! He seems to be liking the new soil and pot. He's gorgeous when the sun hits his red bark and green and red leaves.
Thanks for all the tips and pointers. I'll try to post some more pictures sometime in the near future.
Some growers would wait a year, others might push on. If your just dieing for something to do, leave the first pair of new leaves and clip off the rest on each branch. This will tend to shorten the internode length. Making your tree more compact.LexStarwalker wrote:Just a quick update.
My maple is doing very well. All of the leaf buds have opened, and I'm seeing new growth at most of the nodes. He's also gotten a little taller!
I would not leaf-cut this year.
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I live in an apartment, so unfortunately putting him in a field is not possible. However, he is in a 5 gallon bucket now, so hopefully he'll have enough room until next spring.
I think I will hold off till then and then decide what to do. It seems most the mistakes I've seen people make on these boards are due to impatience and jumping the gun. I'm content to wait until the next step becomes clear.
That said, if you really think it would be a good idea to prune the new growth as you described, I will take you at your word as you obviously have a lot more experience in this than I!
I think I will hold off till then and then decide what to do. It seems most the mistakes I've seen people make on these boards are due to impatience and jumping the gun. I'm content to wait until the next step becomes clear.
That said, if you really think it would be a good idea to prune the new growth as you described, I will take you at your word as you obviously have a lot more experience in this than I!
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These are pictures from a few weeks ago, he's got even more leaves now!
008 by LexStarwalker, on Flickr
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