AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
I sowed some Shantung maples in 2016. Here's a picture of April 2016 :
I gave away 5 or 6 and I've got 8 left, among which this one I treated according to the "Pringles tube method"
In June 2018, I cut out the bottom of the tube, and repoted it in a plastic cup :
I began to cut out the top of the tube :
A couple of days ago :
I had a look at the "TP Shantung maple" thread and saw that it can be defoliated. That's what I'm going to do later because the tree is still small, it has a nice (?) movement to my eye, but the new shoots are quite straight. So after defoliating it, I will cut back the shoots to one knot (2 buds), and maybe wire the longest ones with 0.5 mm wire.
I gave away 5 or 6 and I've got 8 left, among which this one I treated according to the "Pringles tube method"
In June 2018, I cut out the bottom of the tube, and repoted it in a plastic cup :
I began to cut out the top of the tube :
A couple of days ago :
I had a look at the "TP Shantung maple" thread and saw that it can be defoliated. That's what I'm going to do later because the tree is still small, it has a nice (?) movement to my eye, but the new shoots are quite straight. So after defoliating it, I will cut back the shoots to one knot (2 buds), and maybe wire the longest ones with 0.5 mm wire.
