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Here is my humble attempt to get a little Amur Maple grove growing on a rock. If it doesnt work, well, it's not like amur maple is a precious resource.
The rock:
I then did my best to cloak the rock in wet sphagnum moss, maybe an inch or so in depth, as a substrate for the young maples. I then sheaved with saran warp, put into a cut-down 5 gal pot, where I first put a layer of nice soil (not dirt! soil!), the stone, and then more soil. I then did my best to ensure no air pockets.
So I got something like this (the contrast between the moss and Amur bark is poor, but there's 9 of the little guys in total):
This will then be put into a nice spot in the yard, so the roots can escape into the earth. Once they settle into their strange new home, I'll wire the trunks a bit, and probably adjust their exact position. I'd like to get some fusion of the roots going down the rock, could look quite nice in a decade or two.
"Why did you circumsice the pot?" No idea. Tradition, I guess. I'll also have to see if birds or vermin will try to get at the moss, or the saplings.
The rock:
I then did my best to cloak the rock in wet sphagnum moss, maybe an inch or so in depth, as a substrate for the young maples. I then sheaved with saran warp, put into a cut-down 5 gal pot, where I first put a layer of nice soil (not dirt! soil!), the stone, and then more soil. I then did my best to ensure no air pockets.
So I got something like this (the contrast between the moss and Amur bark is poor, but there's 9 of the little guys in total):
This will then be put into a nice spot in the yard, so the roots can escape into the earth. Once they settle into their strange new home, I'll wire the trunks a bit, and probably adjust their exact position. I'd like to get some fusion of the roots going down the rock, could look quite nice in a decade or two.
"Why did you circumsice the pot?" No idea. Tradition, I guess. I'll also have to see if birds or vermin will try to get at the moss, or the saplings.