Japanese maples are strictly outdoor trees only.

David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
Bunabayashi Bonsai On The World Wide Web: http://www.bunabayashi.com
email:


-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club ]On Behalf
Of mary wei
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 4:01 PM
To:
Subject: [IBC] - Japanese Maple Question


Has anyone had experience in groiwng Japanes Maples indoors?

Does keeping them indoors affect the color changes during the Fall?

************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++

Has anyone had experience in groiwng Japanes Maples indoors?

Does keeping them indoors affect the color changes during the
Fall?

If they have, it has been an unhappy one. Japanese maples will
NOT grow indoors.

The only fall color you will get is brown.

Sorry.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++

I have over wintered cuttings under light in the basement (tridents are
even better than Japanese maples). They get a bit spindly, but then
grow fine the following year. The next winter is outside since they
will have good solid roots.

If all you have is indoors and you want to grow A. palmatum you might be
able to over winter in the refrigerator. However, this will be less
than optimal and you will not be able to enjoy the fall color since the
leaves will not go through the slow down necessary for the green
pigments to go away while leaving the others.

Marty

************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++

I purchased a couple Japanese maple seedling this past winter as well as a
couple of Trident Maples and kept them in the house. They leafed out a couple
of months ago and seem to be doing fine.
I plan to move them outside in about a month. I might even leaf prune when I
do.
In the fall I allow the leaves to turn and fall before I bring them back in
the house. They should start growing in about a month.
I have done this with elms and have been successful.
SteveW

************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++

Steve:
I see no reason why you shouldn't try to raise the Maples indoors. They
are yours to do with as you see fit. BUT, don't be surprised if they
don't make it. :-(

Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7
http://bmee.net/rosner
http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-bin/Ja...d=00000068 48



Steve wachs wrote:

I purchased a couple Japanese maple seedling this past winter as well as a
couple of Trident Maples and kept them in the house. They leafed out a couple
of months ago and seem to be doing fine.
I plan to move them outside in about a month. I might even leaf prune when I
do.
In the fall I allow the leaves to turn and fall before I bring them back in
the house. They should start growing in about a month.
I have done this with elms and have been successful.
SteveW





************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++