Carl_Bergstrom

Jules and Stephen

I've read that one should go ahead and layer a maple right before bud-break in early spring. The logic is that the accelerated growth while leafing out serves to stimulate root formation.

I don't have enough first-hand experience to be able to say whether this is actually better than doing it a month later.

I'd be nervous about doing a maple in the fall if I had too cold of winters. Probably do-able in Seattle; I wouldn't try it in Michigan. You think old roots are unprotected from frost in a bonsai pot, try brand new roots in plastic-wrap and spagnum moss!

-Old Mister

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