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Post by Syble on Jan 31, 2012 10:08:44 GMT -5
guess I'll get this section started lol. I recently took my acer japonicum seeds out of the fridge expecting the dismal results that my books eluded to... um maybe a bit misleading lol, I had hoped for 1 or 2, but so far i'm up to 36 A.japonicum seedlings, yikes!
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Post by H2O on Jan 31, 2012 15:22:23 GMT -5
Thats cool, you don't see those as much as you see A. palmatum.
Would you be willing to trade away a couple of them once they are large enough?
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Post by lloyd on Jan 31, 2012 15:38:12 GMT -5
I think Japanese maples won't grow here without grafting on to a suitable stock plant.
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Post by H2O on Jan 31, 2012 18:12:09 GMT -5
Hey Lloyd, which one where you referring to, A. palmatum or A. japonicum?
I'm going to be living in Victoria soon so I should be able to grow it without worry.
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Post by lloyd on Jan 31, 2012 21:51:33 GMT -5
I just read or talked to someone who said that Japanese maples needed to be grafted onto robust root-stock but maybe that isn't necessary for mild Victoria weather.
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Post by H2O on Feb 1, 2012 6:02:16 GMT -5
I do believe that almost all cultivars of Japanese Maple are grafted onto a hardy rootstock, especially in Ontario, but that is the case with A. palmatum.
I find in kind of funny because the common "Japanese Maple" is Acer palmatum not Acer japonicum. I've never actually seen A. japonicum for sale around here.
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Post by Syble on Feb 2, 2012 0:17:22 GMT -5
yeah I should have plenty. Everything i read made it sound like they were impossible to sprout when the seed was dried (and it was brown and dry as a bone when i got it), and that it had poor viability to start with... guess i found the exception. I was hoping for 2 maybe 3 lol. Fingers crossed that they grow well, have some true leaves growing now, so that's a step in the right direction. I'll probably transplant them next week, they are way too crowded where they are now lol.
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