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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
Join Date: Mar-2008
Location: Istanbul
Country: Turkey
Posts: 79
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Dear Al,
First of all, thanks for your inspirational articles.
I want to ask you and others a question.
I have one Japanese maple and two red leaved (Bloodgood) maples. I started to air layer several branches and trunks. (For those interested, the reason for my action is in this article. http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/f20/air-layering-question-japanese-maples-28559.html)
These trees are tall. In Bloodgoods, the distance between the ground to first branch is very long. By looking at the vigor and their willingness to root, to make use of the thickness of the trunk, I can easily start new layerings in these areas too. But if do so, when I want to separate them, the bottom part will be left with no branch and foliage at all, just like a very low trunk chop. According to the rate of rooting of the other layerings, this separation will be around the beginning of autumn but before they shed the leaves.
Do you think they can survive the winter with such a low trunk chop leaving them leafless?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
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