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Chumono
This is an airlayer that I separated in 2009 and allowed to gain strength during all of 2010. It was planted in 1/3 lava, 1/3 pumice and 1/3 turface and at the time of separation from the mother tree it had developed a nice root spread.
I decided to try planting this Japanese maple on a 6 inch tile with the goal of trying to get the roots to fuse over time and develop a solid flat mass that can be seen on some of the older Japanese maples. The trunk is currently about ¾ inch above the root flair and about two feet tall. The back branch is there as a sacrifice to give the bottom part of the trunk some girth as well as feed the roots and pump them up and will be removed in one or two years time.
I decided to try planting this Japanese maple on a 6 inch tile with the goal of trying to get the roots to fuse over time and develop a solid flat mass that can be seen on some of the older Japanese maples. The trunk is currently about ¾ inch above the root flair and about two feet tall. The back branch is there as a sacrifice to give the bottom part of the trunk some girth as well as feed the roots and pump them up and will be removed in one or two years time.