Rebuilding Arakawa Maple

[leatherback]

Last year I finally managed to get some decent 'Arakawa' Japanese maples. I have made a video of the first one, which floats around on the forum somewhere.

The second I only repotted last year, and the summer I just left it to do its thing. This weekend it was time to get wild with wire, in a first step towards rebuilding this as a tree instead of as a homogenous dome.

April 2022


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[AJL]

Very nice! Where did you find them?

 

[leatherback]

Very nice! Where did you find them?

Some club members giving them up!

 

[AJL]

Lucky you!- cant find them over here!! any chance of some cuttings?!

 

[leatherback]

Lucky you!- cant find them over here!! any chance of some cuttings?!

You are only the gaziempieth person asking me for cuttings.

 

[MACH5]

Nice work Jelle!

BTW I'm also really enjoying your YouTube videos!

 

[leatherback]

Nice work Jelle!

BTW I'm also really enjoying your YouTube videos!

Thank you twice!

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Alright, you convinced me.
I bought myself an arakawa too.

 

[Ply]

Alright, you convinced me.
I bought myself an arakawa too.

Where?

 

[Rivian]

Where?

You cant tell me you cant find an arakawa on google, in the Netherlands.

 

[JudyB]

Nice work! I want to see the potentilla (?) in the basket!

 

[leatherback]

Where?

check ebay

 

[leatherback]

Nice work! I want to see the potentilla (?) in the basket!

OK, because you asked so nicely . Buut.. An oldy. April 2022

 

[JudyB]

lovely,, thank you. I know I've seen this before here, but it's just so nice.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Where?

Esveld seems to sell them for 40 euros. I think boskoops has them too.

 

[Ply]

You cant tell me you cant find an arakawa on google, in the Netherlands.

You can. But I wasn't asking where you can buy them, I was asking wires where specifically bought his. Hence why I asked him. Need more explanation?

 

[Ply]

Esveld seems to sell them for 40 euros. I think boskoops has them too.

I saw the ones on Esveld their site and was thinking about getting one. But they don't have any pictures of the actual stock. And especially considering they are most likely grafted I'm curious as to what you can expect. Do you have a picture of yours you could share? Either in pm, here, or in the 'recent purchases' topic?

Edit:
Also, to add something more on topic, nice tree Jelle, looking forward to see its future!

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

I saw the ones on Esveld their site and was thinking about getting one. But they don't have any pictures of the actual stock. And especially considering they are most likely grafted I'm curious as to what you can expect. Do you have a picture of yours you could share? Either in pm, here, or in the 'recent purchases' topic?

Edit:
Also, to add something more on topic, nice tree Jelle, looking forward to see its future!

No, I can't. It's not delivered yet.
Might be grafted, but then I'll just air layer it. Take a bunch of cuttings and sell those online too.
I hate maples but seeing how much they cost as a bonsai stump, I'm thinking of selling a bunch of cuttings.

 

[JoeR]

I hate maples

Now this is just heresy- not your favorite sure but hate? Sacrilegious! Lol

 

[ptolomeo]

I saw the ones on Esveld their site and was thinking about getting one. But they don't have any pictures of the actual stock. And especially considering they are most likely grafted I'm curious as to what you can expect. Do you have a picture of yours you could share? Either in pm, here, or in the 'recent purchases' topic?

Edit:
Also, to add something more on topic, nice tree Jelle, looking forward to see its future!

I bought recently 4 different cultivars from Esveld (none Arakawa, as unfortunately was not available at the moment) and all are grafted but good for cuttings and air layers.