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Tyw?
Tell you what: I like A. Campestre better than A. buergerianum.
Why?
Well, this species is absolutely easy to obtain and to collect in my countryside.
It is enormous winterhardy, and the leaf-size will become smaller in a reasonably
period of time.
The bark of older trees look very sexy and this species is very stressable as well.
You can not kill them ...
The downside is the "stiffy" growing-pattern of the branches and the affinity to mildew.
I will deliver some designing-virtuals in a couple of days.

New projekt:
Acer campestre-yamadori. Digged in spring of 2016.
Shortly before first wirering ...

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i love the species as well, i have three in the ground and about to grow on another ive become bored with. they thicken so fast when grown in the field. i like this one, nice bark, a bit of movement, powerful base, nice n chunky. be following with interest
 

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Well, "Klebrigkeit" would be "stickyness" in English ...
But anyway ...
I think Gary meant something specific according to the nebari of the Acer.
And yes, the nebari of the tree is great, I have to confess immodestly.
The taper will be good as well, in a couple of years.-

Acer campestre delivered food for human (kraut!) and animal in former centuries.
Nowadays A. campestre is popular as a hedge-plant and is slightly tolerant to salt-issues.
Therfore it is used for greening the cities.
This species is good to be "societied" with other species like Carpinus, Alnus and Tilia.
A good tree-companion ... Very symphatic imho ...
 

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This is how it went on with the fieldmaple (Acer campestre).

He is obviously doing very well. The leafs have this deep green colour
upon almost redish stems. This is how healthyness looks on this particular species.
The leafless pictures in Winter will tell better.
Ramification has developed nicely. In Autumn a total rewiring will be done,
with an overhaul of the carving-sections.
The tachiagari is real cool (imho) ...

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And old-man-arnie is put'n here next to the tree as a size ratio ...

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("Infusion-hoses " in the soil are part ot the automatic watering system ... )
 

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This is how it went on with the fieldmaple (Acer campestre).

He is obviously doing very well. The leafs have this deep green colour
upon almost redish stems. This is how healthyness looks on this particular species.
The leafless pictures in Winter will tell better.
Ramification has developed nicely. In Autumn a total rewiring will be done,
with an overhaul of the carving-sections.
The tachiagari is real cool (imho) ...

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And old-man-arnie is put'n here next to the tree as a size ratio ...

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("Infusion-hoses " in the soil are part ot the automatic watering system ... )
Great work. I'm at a similar stage with mine and the leaves have got noticeably smaller this year. They're probably the strongest tree I've worked with in terms of growth and thickening.

I know you work with Walter a lot - was it hedged?
 
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Paul,
to be honest I am not working with Walter that much (rather very, very little), but this is another story ...

But yes, the tree was kind of hedged.
I do not pinch shoots. I let them grow out long.
To break the apical-dominant growing-pattern of Acer, the shoots in the uppermost third are cut
3 to 4 weeks earlyer than the base-section.
This way the lower branches are promoted to become more thicker and the crown more fine.
That scheme returns two times a year.
Very vigorous branches within the crown a cut reguarly from middle of June untill middle of August.
So do I ...
 
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