It's kind of a noob question, but since it's specific to a maple, I thought it best to post here.
I live in the northernmost part of zone 5, so last spring, my trident didn't really begin to leaf out until mid-May.
The short version is, I'm trying to wake my Trident up so I can repot it earlier. When we had 2 days in a row above freezing, I dug it up and popped it into my cool greenhouse, where it will stay until the danger of frost is past (another 2 months or so). It's been in the greenhouse for about 4 days, but I wouldn't say it is at the bud swelling stage yet. I plan to do some heavy root pruning, so is it better that I wait until bud swell to repot it?
The longer version is that I wanted to try some root grafts and purchased some seedlings, thinking they would still be dormant and I could keep them in the fridge until the larger trident was ready. But they were already just beginning to leaf out when I got them so I'm in a bit of a hurry to use them. I'm just unsure how to go about this work when the trees are about 2 months off from each other in spring growth.
I live in the northernmost part of zone 5, so last spring, my trident didn't really begin to leaf out until mid-May.
The short version is, I'm trying to wake my Trident up so I can repot it earlier. When we had 2 days in a row above freezing, I dug it up and popped it into my cool greenhouse, where it will stay until the danger of frost is past (another 2 months or so). It's been in the greenhouse for about 4 days, but I wouldn't say it is at the bud swelling stage yet. I plan to do some heavy root pruning, so is it better that I wait until bud swell to repot it?
The longer version is that I wanted to try some root grafts and purchased some seedlings, thinking they would still be dormant and I could keep them in the fridge until the larger trident was ready. But they were already just beginning to leaf out when I got them so I'm in a bit of a hurry to use them. I'm just unsure how to go about this work when the trees are about 2 months off from each other in spring growth.