Japanese Maple Deshojo 2019

[ajm55555]

I don't have many trees mainly due to space constraints and I consider this Deshojo the last incarnation of my main tree. Yes Deshojos, have many lives, like cats, they die and reincarnate in a new tree. To summarize, I hope to learn from the past.
I'll document its progress and ask for your advice when needed. Thank you all for all the advices I got since I'm here! This forum is really full of information.
My plan is to let it grow naturally and shape it mostly with the clip-and-grow technique, occasionally adjusting branches. I don't plan for a show-ready tree but just to enjoy its colors and growth for a long time.
This is how it was advertised on an online shop here in Germany. I liked its trunk and inclination and that's why I decided for this one.
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[Pitoon]

Were you stationed at Caserma Ederle? Every time I drove up to Stuttgart I use to stay at Robison Barracks.

 

[ajm55555]

This is the tree as it arrived on April 30, 2019. A bit shaken but mostly in a good condition. I thought the pot shape was a visual artifact, but it was exactly like that!
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[ajm55555]

Were you stationed at Caserma Ederle?

I'm not from the US @Pitoon, but I lived in Atlanta for some time, love the US, my second home. I'm originally from Verona, which is very close to Vicenza and Caserma Ederle ;-) Did you serve there?

 

[ajm55555]

This is its first trim from bush to tree-like creature. End of May 2019.
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[Pitoon]

@ajm55555 Si abitavo li in Italia per 19 anni. Siamo tornati al Stati Uniti quatro anni fa. Si, lavorato dentro base.

 

[Pitoon]

This is its first trim from bush to tree-like creature. End of May 2019.
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How's it looking today?

 

[ajm55555]

@ajm55555 Si abitavo li in Italia per 19 anni. Siamo tornati al Stati Uniti quatro anni fa. Si, lavorato dentro base.

Did you stay in Italy for 19 years? :-o Wow! I hope you spent a nice time over there!
Now I'm in Stuttgart. There are many US bases around here. Still after a few years my German is far from where your Italian is ;-) Congrats for that!

 

[ajm55555]

Every time I drove up to Stuttgart I use to stay at Robison Barracks

I live close to the Robinson Barracks, just north of Zuffenhausen, home of Porsche.

 

[Pitoon]

Did you stay in Italy for 19 years? :-o Wow! I hope you spent a nice time over there!
Now I'm in Stuttgart. There are many US bases around here. Still after a few years my German is far from where your Italian is ;-) Congrats for that!

I was 18yrs old and single when I arrived to Italy, I left Italy married to an Italian and now have 3 kids all born there.

 

[ajm55555]

How's it looking today?

It's coming soon ;-)

 

[caerolle]

This is its first trim from bush to tree-like creature. End of May 2019.
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How tall is this tree, if you don't mind?

 

[ajm55555]

How tall is this tree, if you don't mind?

About 40cm (16in)

 

[ajm55555]

Second flush of growth at the beginning of July 2019. I just let it grow until no new leaves formed on the tip of each branch, then cut leaving just a pair of new ones.
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[ajm55555]

Rough summer (end of July 2019). Most of the leaves fell off but new buds were ready to take over. Natural defoliation. I hope that doesn't happen this year.

 

[ajm55555]

3rd flush of growth putting on its fall dress. End of November 2019. I didn't prune then but waited the end of Winter. Not necessary and less risk of infections. Better safe than sorry.

 

[ConorDash]

I bought my little Deshojo from an online shop in Germany too, it looks.. suspiciously the same as yours lol. I knew it was a cheap, kinda mass produced type one, just wanted a Deshojo, nothing fancy. My one is potted in too small a pot... Ill do something with it, some time.. Its following much the same thread as yours, my tree, but about 1 year behind. Funny

 

[caerolle]

About 40cm (16in)

Thanks!

 

[ajm55555]

I bought my little Deshojo from an online shop in Germany too, it looks.. suspiciously the same as yours lol. I knew it was a cheap, kinda mass produced type one, just wanted a Deshojo, nothing fancy. My one is potted in too small a pot... Ill do something with it, some time.. Its following much the same thread as yours, my tree, but about 1 year behind. Funny

Conor, this is the shop. This year they don't have the cheaper trees they had at this time last year. Yes, they're mass-produced but you can find nice ones among the sticks.
We can call them the twin Deshojos. I'll gladly follow your progression!

 

[ajm55555]

Buds opening after the Spring pruning in mid March 2020.
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