Maple Root Raft Experiment

[grizzlywon]

I planted this acer palmatum out in the front yard a few years ago. Last year when I pulled it up, I noticed that one of the roots had grown over a rock and had an interesting raft look to it. I then got the idea to thread graft a couple seedling through it this spring. Last summer also I took it out to my seedbed and found two seedling that had identical leaves to use. One medium and one small.

A few weeks ago I attempted my first thread grafts. I'll let you know how they turn out. I tried my best to line up the cambium layers. But we will see how it turns out. They are all starting to push leaves these days so I think they will take, but only time will tell. I just don't have any recent pics.

 

[bonsai barry]

Interesting experiment. I'm wondering if the thread graft will enlarge the root out of proportion with the rest of the tree.

 

[R_F]

Very Cool. I'm interested to see how this turns out.