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Good Time to plant an Acer?
In message , Emery Davis
writes You know it won't grow in chalk. Otherwise not too picky about soil, although prefers slightly acidic. Don't use much soil amendment in heavy soil, it causes drainage problems. If you're in heavy clay, the best bet is to build up on top of the soil, if you want to keep the tree small (bear in mind Sango kaku is a 12 foot tree). Otherwise you can certainly grow A. palmatum in clay, but very tough to establish. Don't fertilize beyond a little bone meal, you can do a little osmocote the second year. Good luck. Even experienced maple growers kill scads of these (and Sango kaku is pretty tricky) so "If at first you don't succeed..." -E We were given one for our coral anniversary a couple of years ago, and in our ignorance have been really successful with it - so far. But I have just gone out to have a closer look, and most of the bark has been stripped from it at a level that makes me suspect our cat! Any ideas how I can bandage it to help it to heal and at the same time keep the cat from further damaging it? -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
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