Silver Maple Projects

[TrevorLarsen]

I started a Silver Maple forest in 2021 with seedlings from mature trees in my yard. This is the forest today in 2024

I decided to break the forest up and have some fun.

I separated the 4 out that had the best root spread and put them on tiles

The rest I made into future clumps with washers

Hopefully I get some good results from some of them. It was 4 hours of work but I think it will be worth it.

 

[TrevorLarsen]

I forgot to give a thanks to @SeanS for motivating me to give the washer fusion method a try. Hopefully it works for me like it did for him. I put all the washer project into root pouches.

 

[TrevorLarsen]

These have grown quite a bit this year. I had them all in one pot so it slowed their growth previous years. Some of the leaves are gigantic.

 

[King Yodeler]

I'm Experimenting with a tanuki Silver maple project myself. I'm wanting to thicken the main branches more and am not sure if I should let them each have a sacrifice branch or just start structuring and ramifing next year. What y'alls thoughts? Also new on this site. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post

 

[MMJNICE]

These have grown quite a bit this year. I had them all in one pot so it slowed their growth previous years. Some of the leaves are gigantic.
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Updates please .. I have a good thread about silver maples in the nut house it's called "tell me why silver maples suck" or something like that.