Hand-me-down JM
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LanceMac10
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For me it is. Usually get a weak second flush in a couple weeks, sometimes. Regular green maple seems to be more vigorous than the "exotics" I have.
Almost behave like they have been pinched. And won't grow anymore this season outside of the random shoot, here and there......
Interesting tree!
Almost behave like they have been pinched. And won't grow anymore this season outside of the random shoot, here and there......
Interesting tree!
MACH5
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I'd say it is a bit unusual unless you have trimmed off very lightly. I do think your tree looks fine and I would not worry about it. Are you fertilizing?
As LanceMac mentioned, fancy varieties are not as responsive as standard green maples. Do you know if this is a cultivar?
As LanceMac mentioned, fancy varieties are not as responsive as standard green maples. Do you know if this is a cultivar?
ABCarve
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Once a week fertilizing...dyna-grow. Don't know the cultivar...leaves don't look like anything special. It did do a second flush the first few years of working on it , but the past two growing seasons.... nothing.
MACH5
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I would not worry. Let it do its thing and I am sure it will go back to its "usual self". I believe that sometimes weather and other environmental factors affect trees in ways that we cannot control or even know.
ABCarve
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Aeast
Shohin
Beautiful composition sir!! Love your trees
ABCarve
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Lava rock was a fad years ago for ROR. The piece they used was totally uninteresting. It is very soft...soft enough to carve with your fingernail. It's very porous and hold a lot of water, which allows it to grow algae quite easily. This make it almost unrecognizable as a rock. you can see this in earlier photos in this thread.
My solution is to coat it marine epoxy (Total Boat), which not only firms up the hardness of the rock but stops it from growing algae or moss. Once I had it coated the color was less than remarkable, so out comes the paint brush. I thought it would be nice to try and match the pot its in. It might be fun to do some faux suiseki.
My solution is to coat it marine epoxy (Total Boat), which not only firms up the hardness of the rock but stops it from growing algae or moss. Once I had it coated the color was less than remarkable, so out comes the paint brush. I thought it would be nice to try and match the pot its in. It might be fun to do some faux suiseki.
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Colorado
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It is phenominal what you have been able to do with this composition!
Mike Hennigan
Chumono
Agreed! It’s awesome to see new life breathed into a historic tree that had seriously faded from its prime and in such a different styling. This composition is making a serious comeback.
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Thanks! It happens just a little bit at a time.
Nanuk
Shohin
Beautiful in the fall colors. Good job.
ABCarve
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BackyardBonsai
Shohin
Who need second flush when it already looks that good.
GGB
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That's odd that it's both years. My maple only flushed once so far this year though too. so far.. and my BC are just elongating for the second time too. Normally they give me three huge spurts. I think I'll be missing one this season.
AlainK
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Well, this looks great now, much much better than I would have thought last year.
Soon time to repot, aye ? In that case, the trunks look a bit like ( ).
If the back side of the lower trunk allows, maybe replanting it the other way round would be better :
( (
See what I mean ?...
Velodog2
Chumono
Fertilizing w organic pellets helped me get more reliable second flushes of growth. Some light trimming in late June seems to stimulate this as well.
ABCarve
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I’m not sure if you can see in the photo but it is one stone that both trees are growing on. Your idea would require me to cut through the stone. Can you explain the aesthetic concept of why this would be better? ( ) ) ).
ABCarve
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This was bud-pinched in the spring and that was that. There really isn’t anything to thin. I’m gonna try less sun next year. More filtered light. That’s where it was when it was more vigorous. It’s in full sun now. Leaves look a little cooked.
AlainK
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The visible part of the trunks have opposite movements, that's what I meant. But if they're on a stone (should have read the beginning of the thread more carefully), then they're all right the way they are 
