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Hi Everyone,
I am new to the forum - hope this is an appropriate place for this, sorry if its not.
I have a potted Japanese maple (6 inches tall) that I dug out of my mother in law's back yard in the early spring, it is not yet a bonsai but I want to train it into one. I brought it inside where it came out of its dormancy and put out leaves. When the weather got warmer I put it outside for the summer.
It has been doing fine all summer but I just noticed that it has some new growth/leaves beginning at the top, it seems like it is a bit out of sync with the seasons...
I'm not sure what to do with it going into the fall and winter. Should I bring it inside before it gets cold and encourage the growth? What would happen if I don't provide the tree the right environment to go dormant? Or should I just let nature run its course and leave it out all fall and see what happens? I feel bad for the tree spending energy on the new growth only if it is to die off from the cold.
I live in Ottawa Canada so my original plan was to let it go dormant then insulate the pot and put it in my shed. Any advice would be appreciated.
I am new to the forum - hope this is an appropriate place for this, sorry if its not.
I have a potted Japanese maple (6 inches tall) that I dug out of my mother in law's back yard in the early spring, it is not yet a bonsai but I want to train it into one. I brought it inside where it came out of its dormancy and put out leaves. When the weather got warmer I put it outside for the summer.
It has been doing fine all summer but I just noticed that it has some new growth/leaves beginning at the top, it seems like it is a bit out of sync with the seasons...
I'm not sure what to do with it going into the fall and winter. Should I bring it inside before it gets cold and encourage the growth? What would happen if I don't provide the tree the right environment to go dormant? Or should I just let nature run its course and leave it out all fall and see what happens? I feel bad for the tree spending energy on the new growth only if it is to die off from the cold.
I live in Ottawa Canada so my original plan was to let it go dormant then insulate the pot and put it in my shed. Any advice would be appreciated.
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