maple

This red maple is going to be entering it's fourth grow season of its life. It started out as a 'weed' in this very fabric grow pot that housed a tomato plant. Then I left it in there the second year without repotting to let it get vigorous. the third year, I repotted it in some very mid...

I have two trays of maple seeds starting to push through. One is inside on a heating mat, under a grow light, and the other is outdoors in a n area that only gets morning sun, shaded the rest of the day. Currently about 65-70 every day and 45-50 every night here in SLO, CA. The indoor seeds are...

Hi everyone, hope you’re well. My Japanese maple has been going quite strong for some time, but some of the branches look like they’re infected with verticillium wilt and I was hoping for some advice on what to do next. I’ve scratched the branches and the layer beneath on the black spots have...

Hi everyone, I'm looking to get a Japanese Maple bonsai and want to choose one with the best potential for long-term development and styling. I've attached three photos of different trees I'm considering. Which one do you think has the greatest potential in terms of structure, future growth...

Hi All, I have this Montpellier maple. Id like to get rid of the long branches and make the nice trunk into a bonsai (obviously). Im in the UK. Do i hard chop now before buds break, or later in the year before second flush. Ive had varying advice from non specliasts when asked. Ive also the...

Got it from someone’s yard for free. Thing has to be atleast 35 years old. May eventually trunk chop it to try making a chonky broom .. but will leave alone for now. Collected an even bigger one a year ago and is doing fine.. so this will def pull through

This tree is the first I've acquired from another bonsai enthusiast. This was collected in Utah by @Captkingdom. Many thanks for your help and advice! No immediate plan for "Captain Maple" yet. I definitely like the two trunks. You can see how he captured plenty of finer roots. One option...

Hi! Glad I've found this website. I got a maple bonsai from my dad back in April. Back then, the tree had nice new leaves, looked full of life. My dad told me to take care of watering it well, but there was a heatwave last spring and I missed watering it enough:-( it just lost the leaves but...

Our landscaper dug up this very neglected maple when clearing our front yard for our landscaping project. I wasn't quite sure what to do with it or if it would even survive, but I pruned the partially sheared roots as best I could and put it in 100% pumice and a grow bag I had lying around. I'm...

Hello! I have had my maple bonsai for about three years now. Recently, several of the main branches have started to dry out and die. This often begins near the leaves, which turn brown, and then the entire branch dies within a couple of days. I regularly water the plant and keep it out of direct...

How much do you think this shishigashira is worth? What would you pay for it? Trying to decide if I should buy it:

Hello, I have a paperbark maple bonsai, which when purchased 2 years ago had bark missing from the base of the tree. I have recently noticed that there is a rusty tar blemish that has appeared on the other side of base which is the front of the tree. It presents as a burnt blemish, googling has...

Step one: throw a shit ton of seeds in a tray. Step two: take a handful of seedlings out to grow separately. Step three: ignore the ones in the tray. There better be an odd number in there, or it's doomed!

Hi all, I've never airlayered before, but I think it would be fun to create a bonsai more or less in the style of my maple in the front yard. Plus, I figured it would be a good first try at air-layering next spring. What I'm not sure of is how ambitious I can be with trunk diameter but also...

So... I ordered my first Maple a couple weeks ago (and a Peter Adams book to accompany it) and I was so excited to get home and unpack it. I brought it on to my second story deck to inspect it and then finally put it on my bench for safe keeping until next year. I go inside to grab a beer and...

I have this trident which was root-bound and not watered properly. Bottom leaves turning yellow, tho the leader if 6 feet tall and all green. I have since added more soil in the same pot. Should I let the leader run to keep the tree going, or do I cut the leader so more energy is focused on...

Hi everyone, I'm sure I'm probably just overthinking this, but in years past I've had unfortunate luck keeping seedlings and younger plants alive. Today, i received these Arakawa seedlings by mail. They were advertised in small pots, but arrived bagged in soil per the pictures. Given that the...

My maple cuttings are dying. What am I doing wrong?

Hello, I have just received this beautiful Maple (Acer Deshojo) from my gf. I am wondering what to do with it? It has two leaders from the top third of the truck. Maybe I should airlayer the larger leader? I am also thinking to airlayer the first third of main truck

Hi all ! I'm based in the uk and had a Japanese maple shipped to me today , the sender didn't really seal / package the tree very well at all and then used a pretty useless courrier service . Basically so much soil was out the pot and the tree had completely shifted in the pot , wasn't wired...

I have an old maple that isn’t budding back on the old wood. How to I encourage bud back? I already pruned the spring growth to see if it would bud back, but now it’s early summer and no old wood bud back.

Hi there, I just purchase a Japanese deshojo maple. I am looking to airlayer it, so that I can start growing into a bonsai down the road, but I am unsure what to do b/c this maple was grown tall. Right now it sits around 6’ and is very straight. I don’t know if I should wait till it grows...

I purchased two beautiful sharps pygmy japanese maples in nursery pots this spring. One of them I potted up in an oversized bonsai pot with akadama and pumice and pruned ~50% of the roots. That one is doing wonderfully. The other one I left in the nursery pot and did some minor pruning to the...

Started a second air layer on the parent plant from which the Arakawa #1 layer was harvested.