Maples from seed...

AlainK

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Maples from seed.

They are from 'dissectum' gathered on the side of the road.

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The one in the top right corner is Acer pallmatum palmatum, a clone of the first one I ever got.

The others are cousins.

This one has more slender leaflets:


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This other one has more "waxy" leaves, reddish colour on the edge, and a twisted medium leaflet on most leaves, a rather typical feature of A. palm. seedlings from A. palm. 'dissectum' seeds.

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Your leaves have yellowish tinges in between the veins. Does anyone know the cause of this? I have the same thing on a couple of my maples. It goes away when the leaves get older on most of my trees, but my coral bark seems to stay like that for the whole season.
 

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Hmmm, thanks. I can’t seem to find anything in Canada online. I’ll be looking for it when I go shopping though.
 

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Hmmm, thanks. I can’t seem to find anything in Canada online. I’ll be looking for it when I go shopping though.
Can you collect rainwater and/or set up an aquarium?
 

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I put a five-gallon or ten-gallon bucket near where rain pours off the roof. That does me pretty well.

Aquaria are really low-maintenance unless you set yourself up for failure. I've devoted maybe a half hour, total, to my eight aquariums in the last month or so. The real selling point is that if you put plenty of driftwood in there and let the critters do their thing, the water softens.
 

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I’m in a town house so there is no access to rainwater run off. My water is pretty soft anyways. As for the fish tank, my wife would leave me if I picked up another hobby, she only lets me have three fridges and a two freezers for my food related experiments because she reaps the benefits and my classic car I’m restoring stays (mostly) outside. One day I’ll have a yard big enough to have a koi pond for my bonsai watering needs, but until then, it’s a no go.
 

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Huh, I completely misread the bit about the water's hardness. Never mind, you don't need to go to the trouble of an aquarium to harden your water.

I've heard of people using crushed limestone to harden up their water; you might want to think about adding it or some other calcium carbonate rock into your bonsai substrate. Another option may be to plan your watering a week or so in advance and let it soak, if you've the space for it. It's much easier, however, to get chemical products to harden your water for you. Calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate (epsom salts), and just about any product you see for hardening water in a well-stocked aquarium store will do it.
 

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Just use a balanced fertilizer, that should take care of it. Consider using a blend over time of fertilizer brands if the problem remains.
 
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Interesting, my water is soft. Is there a one stop product for the necessary minerals?
Even if your water is soft (mine is _very_ soft) it is very unlikely that your tap water doesn't contain enough Ca to please your trees.
 

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Interesting, my water is soft. Is there a one stop product for the necessary minerals?

If you are having problems with chlorosis at the same time you are using fertilizer, it is usually a sign that your soil pH is too high. (You are fertilizing your trees, right?)
 

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If you are having problems with chlorosis at the same time you are using fertilizer, it is usually a sign that your soil pH is too high. (You are fertilizing your trees, right?)

Lol, Am I ever fertilizing my trees. Every evening I spray both the leaves and soil with a 1/10 recommended dilution. Everything is growing amazing. Just the leaves on my maples have chlorosis it seems.
 

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Just so we are all on the same page, I just took pictures of a few maples and an azalea.

Here is my coral bark maple, this tree has it the worst. It is a six year old air-layer, it is in my standard soil of equal parts pumice, local version of Napa 8282 (or whatever the number is) and Sea Soil.FB29E317-9F8E-4AF7-8D42-B7B81AE4F1F4.jpeg


This is a big stump of unknown variety I got 18 months ago. It is in standard soil.
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Another coral bark that almost died two summers ago at a nursery from being blown over causing it to dry out. It was given to me for free. It is still in the nursery soil.
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Azalea in straight kanuma. Not sure if it is chlorosis or just being an azalea. DF82853E-F6BE-497E-9E90-310FCDE2F4A9.jpeg



A trident maple from the top of an air layer in standard soil, for reference.CF188C34-C26E-4DE4-B647-BC769133ACEE.jpeg


A maple grown from seed in the ground. Very sandy soil. A587B5CE-6973-4F20-82FC-9F1144CFD847.jpeg


They all get exactly the same treatment day to day.
 
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