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Japanese maples
I have several Japanese maples in my yard., spontaneously seeded
from a low-growing specimen tree. The tree has since been killed by the local deer, who ate all the buds off every spring until the tree died. The seedling maples are several years old, but stunted from being nibbled on. This year I want to dig them up soon, before the deer get at the growth buds, and try to develop them as bonsai. After I dig them up and pot them, this winter I have several choices. Which do people recommend? And what kind of treatment? 1. West-facing window, indoors, normal temperatures. 2. West-facing unheated greenhouse. 3. Indoors under fluorescent lights. 4. Outdoors, perhaps moved inside if severe weather and winds threaten. This is in Maryland, zone 7. |
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Japanese maples
Jim Blue wrote: I have several Japanese maples in my yard., spontaneously seeded from a low-growing specimen tree. The tree has since been killed by the local deer, who ate all the buds off every spring until the tree died. The seedling maples are several years old, but stunted from being nibbled on. This year I want to dig them up soon, before the deer get at the growth buds, and try to develop them as bonsai. After I dig them up and pot them, this winter I have several choices. Which do people recommend? And what kind of treatment? 1. West-facing window, indoors, normal temperatures. 2. West-facing unheated greenhouse. 3. Indoors under fluorescent lights. 4. Outdoors, perhaps moved inside if severe weather and winds threaten. This is in Maryland, zone 7. I don't believe you can grow maples inside. They need the winter weather to go dormant, or they'll die. |
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Poor maples! I usually like deer...but not when they eat Japanese
maples. :-( Best thing to do is to pot them in a container that won't freeze like terra cotta will. Plastic is fine. Put the maples in an unheated garage or basement after they have dropped their leaves for winter. Since they don't have leaves they don't need light. You should also cover the pots with mulch or something to insulate the roots so they don't freeze during severe cold. After the last frost has passed it's okay to bring them out again in spring. Layne On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:40:02 -0500, Jim Blue wrote: I have several Japanese maples in my yard., spontaneously seeded from a low-growing specimen tree. The tree has since been killed by the local deer, who ate all the buds off every spring until the tree died. The seedling maples are several years old, but stunted from being nibbled on. This year I want to dig them up soon, before the deer get at the growth buds, and try to develop them as bonsai. After I dig them up and pot them, this winter I have several choices. Which do people recommend? And what kind of treatment? 1. West-facing window, indoors, normal temperatures. 2. West-facing unheated greenhouse. 3. Indoors under fluorescent lights. 4. Outdoors, perhaps moved inside if severe weather and winds threaten. This is in Maryland, zone 7. |
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Layne wrote:
Poor maples! I usually like deer...but not when they eat Japanese maples. :-( Best thing to do is to pot them in a container that won't freeze like terra cotta will. Plastic is fine. Put the maples in an unheated garage or basement after they have dropped their leaves for winter. Since they don't have leaves they don't need light. You should also cover the pots with mulch or something to insulate the roots so they don't freeze during severe cold. After the last frost has passed it's okay to bring them out again in spring. and shoot the deer it is the game season .. Theo Il Bonsai nelle 4 stagioni http://www.easybonsai.it il sito che fa di voi degli * Dei* autodidatti :-) |
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