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Shohin
The house we're currently renting has a Japanese maple in the front yard, along with three massive palms (Mexican palmettos, maybe?). Two years ago, I dug up a pair of volunteer J. maples that were growing within the base of the palms. After wrestling them out, neither had many roots left, so they've both been sitting in the backyard recovering. After the heat passed last fall, I cut back all of the large, unusable branches. One tree is a goofy looking Y-shape with a big, dead stmp in the middle of the branches. I'll probably cut that back very low on the stump next year to work on a short fatty. The other tree, I repotted into a shallow grow box over the weekend and wanted to share some pictures.
This maple is 34" tall and the trunk is about 4" across at the bottom, flaring out to 8" under at root base. There are several scars and a large wound from a branch that was removed in the fall. Just going to watch and see what happens this season.
This maple is 34" tall and the trunk is about 4" across at the bottom, flaring out to 8" under at root base. There are several scars and a large wound from a branch that was removed in the fall. Just going to watch and see what happens this season.