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Have a look at my post. I've been growing Tridents for over 10 years in south FL. I Started them from seed. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/been-growing-trident-and-japanese-maples-in-south-florida.43824/page-2#post-746778

No it ended up dying about a month later. I ended up finding one on ebay that was collected 5 years ago and its doing well.

That's a really interesting thread. One of the members is in zone 11 and going on 4 years growing a Japanese maple. From the research I've done it looks like the Green variety are more heat tolerant and the leaves don't burn as much. Are the leaves any thicker on the green Japanese maples and is...

I see you're in the same zone 10a as me. Your lows are the same but I think we get more rainfall. This week has been the start to the rainy season and we must have got over 5 inch's already . I actually have black pines but I wont even try a white pine down here. lol

I'm sure the Japanese maples wont make it for a long time. The tridents that I grew from seeds I'm sure will be fine. They are looking better each year and fuller. These past 2 years they have been growing like crazy. You wont have any problem's growing tridents in Orlando. Just protect them...

I also have a few Rubrums that I collected. The Problem with them is there leaf size is a little large even after defoliating and after the 2nd flush comes in.

Thank you!

Thank you! I read that Bio Gold you didn't have to put it in teabags. I just didn't know it fell apart so easy and was worried about it clogging up my soil.

Here are the 2 seedlings that I grew from seed 10 years ago and a few others.

I applied some biogold to my trees and I noticed after one rainfall some of the pellets were already falling apart and looked melted. Did I get a bad batch? I also use Dr Earth but put it in teabags because of this. I guess I might have to do that with the biogold also.

I also don't defoliate in summer for a second flush of leaves. I want them to have as much energy stored up so they can push out there new flush for next year. I only remove them once a year in January then there in the full shade until spring.

Yes, I'll take some when I get home later.

T Thanks! Yeah its been a fun experimenting trying to grow things out of my zone.

I ordered some trident seeds back in 2010 from someone on ebay down in Australia that said they were rare Taiwanese trident seeds and more heat tolerant. Its been 10yrs and they are growing and looking better then ever. I have 2 trees in a 20 gal pots growing and one of the trees even produced...

Thank you for spending some time and trying to see what you could come up with. I really appreciate it. 👍