Looking for a few good bonsai species material

[Glaucus]

You cannot grow Japanese maples in Bangalore, India.
You cannot buy bonsai and ship them across the world for 50 USD.

 

[rockm]

I have an import certificate. Well, I don't know what to say. Miraculously the maples are thriving... I trunk chopped one about 2 months ago while they were dormant in the fridge. Here is the result after just 2 weeks of bringing out of the fridge.

An import cert? Do you know the plant import rules for the U.S.? If you export maples you buy in the U.S., you will have to import them on your return to the U.S. that will require a two year quarantine at a USDA approved facility either in India or the U.S. the trees will also have to be bare rooted if soil before entry into the U.S. fwiw these tree simply aren’t worth all that effort. If you purchase better material in the U.S. it would in the best interest of the trees to leave them in the U.S. u see someone’s care if you leave.

 

[Vince Sartain]

You may not know that Japanese maples seem to require a dormant rest time each year. They do not grow well in tropical climates and mostly just die after a year or without cold winters.

I'm interested to know what you consider a "cold winter". I am in zone 10a in southern California and my JM's lose there leaves for a short couple of months in winter and do great as long as I provide shade during the hot summer months. We rarely see a freeze so I'm just curious what a "cold winter" would be.

 

[Paradox]

I'm interested to know what you consider a "cold winter". I am in zone 10a in southern California and my JM's lose there leaves for a short couple of months in winter and do great as long as I provide shade during the hot summer months. We rarely see a freeze so I'm just curious what a "cold winter" would be.

Generally it means below 40 degrees F for an extended period.
How many years have you been keeping your maples?
There is some variation in cold requirements per variety

Here is a web page from a business that grows them for a living

Winterize your Japanese Maples

Please realize that these instructions will not guarantee that your plant will survive in all conditions… It is meant as a guide to help you in the success of growing your maples. Tips For Winterizing Japanese Maple Trees As winter approaches your maples are losing their leaves, going...

mendocinomaples.com

 

[Shritan Da Artist]

Well, just separated a JM air layer within one month of bringing out of the fridge! Lovely new roots. It was planted in akadama pumice lava and coco coir.

 

[vesper818]

Hey there!

I am very much interested in collecting a few exclusive species of trees and looking if someone has them on for sale. I will happily accept cuttings and air layers. With a budget of 50$, looking to buy both of these trees:
Katsura Japanese maple
Deshojo Japanese maple

Please reply to this post if you own these trees and want to sell or have any idea where to get them for a budget of 50. Note that I am looking for trees from all over US, and may visit or ask to ship the trees.

Looking forward to some good trees.

Hello Shritan
May I suggest growing from seeds? All your desired species are available worldwide, just check ebay, for instance.
That way you could start plants, experiment with what temperate trees will grow in your environment. Plus, multiple seedlings means room for experiment , without too much loss out of the pocket.
Good growing
Carol2

 

[Wulfskaar]

Generally it means below 40 degrees F for an extended period.
How many years have you been keeping your maples?
There is some variation in cold requirements per variety

Here is a web page from a business that grows them for a living

Winterize your Japanese Maples

Please realize that these instructions will not guarantee that your plant will survive in all conditions… It is meant as a guide to help you in the success of growing your maples. Tips For Winterizing Japanese Maple Trees As winter approaches your maples are losing their leaves, going...

mendocinomaples.com

I've kept mine alive for 3 years. It does go below 40F at night in winter on occasion, but almost never as low as 32F and it certainly doesn't stay below 40F for more than 1 night at a time.

I'm sure I could get much better growth and better fall colors if it did get colder here, but mine are still alive.

 

[leatherback]

May I suggest growing from seeds? All your desired species are available worldwide, just check ebay, for instance.

one cannot propagate japanese maple varieties by seed though.

 

[Shritan Da Artist]

Hello Shritan
May I suggest growing from seeds? All your desired species are available worldwide, just check ebay, for instance.
That way you could start plants, experiment with what temperate trees will grow in your environment. Plus, multiple seedlings means room for experiment , without too much loss out of the pocket.
Good growing
Carol2

Well, I agree with leatherback as each seed will have different characteristics. No worries, because I just planted up a batch of cuttings I recently took from the tree. They have rooted very well, thanks to Jelle's video on japanese maple cuttings. I've had 100% success! 9 out of 9 cuttings rooted. There were so many that I literally had to throw away a couple of them. What is the guarantee that the seeds will germinate? I've failed a lot with seeds. I will try to get some seeds though.

 

[Glaucus]

Aren't there a whole bunch of Acer species native to India? What about Acer laurinum or Acer oblongum?
Probably they are genetically distant to A.palmatum.

But you took cuttings from a local A.palmatum? So they do grow in your area? Or are they maybe from way up nearer to the Himalaya?

 

[Shritan Da Artist]

Aren't there a whole bunch of Acer species native to India? What about Acer laurinum or Acer oblongum?
Probably they are genetically distant to A.palmatum.

But you took cuttings from a local A.palmatum? So they do grow in your area? Or are they maybe from way up nearer to the Himalaya?

They're from the Himalayas, but a oblongum doesn't even have the peculiar elegant leaves. I have plain a palmatum rn.