Moe DeLoughan wrote:
Brooklyn1 wrote:
herb white wrote:
I recently purchased an autumn blaze maple tree about 6 feet tall.
I would like any info on how to plant it. Thanks for any reply
It'll be a good ten years before you
have the beginnings of an actual tree, and about 30-40 years before
it's a beauty, so I hope you're fairly young to have planted a
seedling.
Autumn Blaze grows like a freakin' rocket, averaging three feet per
year. In ten years he'll have a substantial young tree; in fifteen,
he'll have a large tree. He'd have to neglect it severely to have it
grow as slowly as you describe.
In fact, its rapid rate of growth often results in cracks and splits
in the bark on the trunk, something I noted in an earlier post.
Usually not an issue other than cosmetic, but it illustrates just how
fast these trees can grow.
You must know all those facts you cite from first hand experience...
show us your Autumn Blaze tree... must have bothered you that I have
an Autumn Blaze tree, indicated by your creative editing... mine was
planted as a six foot tall seedling fifty years ago. Plant nursery
people like to hawk every plant they're pushing as fast growing,
however truth is even the fastest growing trees grow slowly. Most
trees grow reletively quickly as seedlings and saplings, but then slow
way down, and many maples actually self prune some years more than
their growth, especially silver maple, red maple, and of course Autumn
Blaze. In fact it's a good idea to prune these trees heavily to
ensure a strong root system, a dense trunk, and to prevent severe
storm damage... these maples are not the strongest rooted trees, when
allowed to grow at their own rate they tend to blow over in a storm.
Personally I think Sugar Maple is a better choice, if one has the
space. Everything you posted anyone can find practically word for
word from:
http://www.naturehills.com/about-gar...aze-maple-tree
Truth is like with any business much is hype. You could have saved
yourself from stressing your fingers typing verbosely enhanced
plagerism by simply posting that URL. Of course now Moe is going to
show us his Autumn Blaze maple tree.