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Shohin
Another spring is here, so I went back to the woods for larger stock this time, to basically start all over. (No more bringing back 1/8" diameter stock, wow, did I really do that? Before I knew better, uhhh, yup, I did. Oh, and no I didn't just dump all those laughably small trees, I'm keeping them just for the continued learning process and reminder.) Noticed vine maples in shade under the tree canopy were light green bark color but those growing in the sun after the clear cutting a few years ago had more of the coral maple coloring. Also, those out in the sun have a more whethered/characteristic bark and tend to copiously backbud far more than those in the shade, which tend to have mostly bare trunks and much new growth only clear out at the top tips. Talked to a fellow at the local nursery and he tended to verify the more coral coloring is due to the sun. (see photos) Uprooted one from shady area and one from sunny area. Both tend to have club foot nebari. Do not know if I can force more root growth without literally grafting roots in, but I'm inclined to not do grafting and see what comes of it. Also took photos (see photos) of a vine maple in the sun I will air layer from, but ran out of time. The intent is to keep the broken fork section of the main trunk for a shari.
#1 - Vine maple from sunny logged clear cut:
For any one who believes roots don't fuse in nature, note the fused on each end smaller diagonal root .
#1 - Vine maple from sunny logged clear cut:
For any one who believes roots don't fuse in nature, note the fused on each end smaller diagonal root .
