Lorax7 Japanese Maple #1 progression

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This one is plain Japanese Maple, not a cultivar. First picture is from early summer 2018. I’d already repotted it out of its original nursery can by this point.


Here’s a picture of it in summer 2020 healing after the first trunk chop:


Fall 2021




Cleaned up a couple leftover dead bits remaining that’d been left on to allow for die-back. Also trimmed the edges of the most recently chopped area to stimulate callus growth. It’s due for the next trunk chop, but I need to think on it a spell first.

 

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Ok. I guess I’ve done enough thinking. Let’s do this!

 

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Repotted it today. Didn’t think to take a picture until after I’d already put the copper mesh back on to protect it from ravenous rodents and didn’t feel like taking it off again just for the picture. I’ll leave the mesh on until after I get it up on the bench for the summer.

 

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May 2022 after it has leafed out:

 

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looking good, appreciating the changes

 

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Carved out some of the wounds with the Dremel:

 

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Spring 2024