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Originally Posted by hortriot
hmmm,
oh well, i will push on with the atro and maybe plant it into the ground  .
thankyou for your research.
if you are 46 in 20 years then you will be 46.
seed grown stock has a special place in my collection, (not to say that i dont have cutting stock).
it is very rewarding to watch a tree grow into maturity from seed. |
i know what you mean, ive got a few seeds of my own..
ive purchased most of the red Maple cultivars.. including
Acer Palmatum - Rubrum, BloodGood & many other red dissectum types
the BloodGood by the way is an Improved version of the Atropurpureum...
the only reason i planted seeds was to see the intresting different cultivars of coloured leaves thats all, i really dont have much hope of growing them to something spectacular.
id say put it in the ground... but even if you do put it in the ground...to get something like his tree....i dont know his trees dimensions but id say at least minimum 7 years... (if you think about it, thats a LONG time).
but you are right about seedlings, you have more control of your tree & its roots than cuttings. and if you do decide to go the ground... apparently its better if you leave it to grow uncontrollably, and do a BIG UGLY chop when its time...you get a nice thick trunk...then slowly take years to build a leader/tapering apex.
and if you keep choping it down every year as its growing in the ground it stuns the trees growth and prevent/disturb it from getting thick....
i guess just experiement....grow some in flower pots and some in the ground, study the difference...