Afly
Seedling
Howdy,
New to the addiction, long time listener, first time caller. I have a nice acer ginnala that I bought this early September and lopped off the leggy upright shoots at the nursery to fit it in the car. I’m not concerned about that decision at all.
My goal for this tree is a very informal/natural maple in small scale.
There are two operations which I feel I need to address soon to set this tree up for success:
1. Hard prune of unnecessary/energy sucking leggy branches for rough shape
2. Repotting due to being root bound in terrible hard soil
1. After searching extensively there is nothing but conflicting info on when to hardprune acer ginnala. Some say late fall after leaves turn, some say winter during dormancy, some same late winter/early spring prior to budswell and some say during high summer “dormancy”. All advice seems to be backed up by good reasoning. I’m so confused! I’m keeping the trunk and the three main branches and some secondary branches but everything else must go! When is the best time to do this work, considering issue 2 below?
2. This acer needs a repot. The soil does not take water well and the tree is root bound. I’d like to put it in a training pot with proper soil just before budswell this next spring as seems to make the most sense to me and is generally agreed upon with little to no argument.
What I would like to do is hard prune now in early October in Michigan , 6a, cover major prune sites with cut paste to prevent dehydration, winter protect prior to 28F and then repot in the spring before budswell.
is this the right plan forward? Thank you in advance you nuts!
New to the addiction, long time listener, first time caller. I have a nice acer ginnala that I bought this early September and lopped off the leggy upright shoots at the nursery to fit it in the car. I’m not concerned about that decision at all.
My goal for this tree is a very informal/natural maple in small scale.
There are two operations which I feel I need to address soon to set this tree up for success:
1. Hard prune of unnecessary/energy sucking leggy branches for rough shape
2. Repotting due to being root bound in terrible hard soil
1. After searching extensively there is nothing but conflicting info on when to hardprune acer ginnala. Some say late fall after leaves turn, some say winter during dormancy, some same late winter/early spring prior to budswell and some say during high summer “dormancy”. All advice seems to be backed up by good reasoning. I’m so confused! I’m keeping the trunk and the three main branches and some secondary branches but everything else must go! When is the best time to do this work, considering issue 2 below?
2. This acer needs a repot. The soil does not take water well and the tree is root bound. I’d like to put it in a training pot with proper soil just before budswell this next spring as seems to make the most sense to me and is generally agreed upon with little to no argument.
What I would like to do is hard prune now in early October in Michigan , 6a, cover major prune sites with cut paste to prevent dehydration, winter protect prior to 28F and then repot in the spring before budswell.
is this the right plan forward? Thank you in advance you nuts!
