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9 years work on a acer palmatum

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Post  LanceMac10 Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:30 pm

Goodness grascious.....

Amazing all around!!
Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
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Post  AlainK Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:25 pm

Wonderful!
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Post  Kev Bailey Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:24 am

Lovely to revisit and see the continuous development. Excellent autumnal colours too.
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Post  gman Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:23 pm

Thanks for the update......great vision and craftsmanship.
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Post  Richard S Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:07 pm

Excellent tree, stunning autumn colour and even very nice photos!

Thanks for sharing.

Regards

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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:57 pm

yes... indeed stunning !
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Post  kohaku Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:32 pm

thx for the nice comments :-)


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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:10 pm

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wow
great skillz !
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Post  MichaelS Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:23 am

Very nice work you're doing there kohaku! The tree is progressing nicely. Just one observation. Why not pull the grafted seedling through until it's roots are close to the hole? That way you won't have the untapered section which will always remain. (if that makes sense)

Here's one I did a couple of years ago:
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It's not too late to adjust it if you care to. Either way, lovely tree!
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Post  kohaku Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:30 pm

Yep its better.......the drilling holes i made were  to small to put the grafts deeper in the trunk.

Today drilled bigger holes......and made the correction ;-)
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Post  kcpoole Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:52 pm

What lovely Autumn colour.

Has the tree been shortened since the 2014 photos?
It looks to me that the Height above the first branch has been reduced in the last year.

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Post  kohaku Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:45 pm

Hi Ken,

Yes it is.....

In 2014 i made a small  graft in a lower section of the trunkleader part that's pointing to the left. This grafted new top made it possible to chop this maple a little more.

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Post  manumidam Wed Nov 18, 2015 10:27 pm

hi kohaku.

nice tree.
just a question regarding grafting roots.
wouldn't have been better to do this at the end of winter just before the tree awaken?

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Post  kohaku Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:41 pm

Maybe it is better...maybe not? Altough some articles mention early spring as the best period.

I did many graftings on japanese maples, some in spring, some in fall and others  in full summer after defoliation the part that has to go true the  trunk.

All of this grafts did well... no matter what season they were made. (only had some problems with approach grafts wich were not always as succesfull as the threadgraftings)

I think it's important to use a  good sealing past over the wounds to prevent the bleeding  in early spring.

Cutting a maples branch in the fall gives less or no bleeding in spring.   When you cut the branch in spring....it will bleed  so i guess the closing of the damaged cambium layers also takes place in the colder months.

I never give frost protection to my j. maples and never had any frost damage..so i think it's ok to make the graftings  before winter.

Lets hope these graftings are also joining the rest of the tree.....the following years  ;-)

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Post  Marty Weiser Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:19 am

Nice work. How cold does it get in the winter where you are? I did a quick search and found average winter lows around 0 deg C in Brussels which would indicate to me that the lowest temperatures are probably in the -10 deg C range. I protect my Japanese maples because we see -15 deg C or a bit lower most winters and -25 deg C happens occasionally.

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Post  kohaku Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:20 am

Hi Marty

Correct....occasionally It can become -10 or even -15°C in Belgium.....(these days are rare)

The coldest periods are mostly in the -5°C range.

Average minimum temp in winter is 1°C , average max temp is arround 5 °C





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Post  manumidam Thu Nov 19, 2015 4:29 pm

thanks for the detailled reply.

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