Wulfskaar
Omono
I got this Shishigashira Maple as a gift a few weeks ago. It's nice and bushy and seems healthy so far. The trunk is about 1" thick or maybe a bit more, so it could stand to get bigger. It's got a lot of foliage everywhere, including coming out of the lower trunk, which I think will be a good sacrifice branch for trunk fattening.
This is my first maple so I'm not really sure where to begin with this. I have a very vague idea of how I'd like it to look down the road, but I think it's too early to worry too much about that.
My only plan right now is to repot in spring into a grow box with better soil, but I'm not really sure what else I should be doing in the meantime. Should I wire it to open up the dense foliage or prune or leave it as it is?
This is my first maple so I'm not really sure where to begin with this. I have a very vague idea of how I'd like it to look down the road, but I think it's too early to worry too much about that.
My only plan right now is to repot in spring into a grow box with better soil, but I'm not really sure what else I should be doing in the meantime. Should I wire it to open up the dense foliage or prune or leave it as it is?
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