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Hi Everyone. I'm new here, and I introduced myself in the picture posting thread but then it got deleted and I think Matt is going to restore it. So I won't do it again here... Anywho...

My Japanese maple keeps putting out new leaves. I live in So. Cal so it's pretty warm here still (right now it's almost 70 degrees F), although at night it gets to be about 50. At first I thought this wouldn't be cold enough for the tree, but I asked a local bonsai nursery if it was okay to grow them outside or if I had to stick it in the fridge or something and they said it's ok to leave them out. But the leaves just keep coming! And, I've also let the top leaves get burned without really caring too much for them because I thought they would fall off soon anyway. So now most of the leaves look burned or dried out on the edges.

I would just like to know if anyone has experience growing them in a similar climate and what your trees are doing right now. Here's a picture of some of the new leaves and a picture also of all the old dried/burned looking ones.

Oh, and the tree looks all tall and long right now because I kind of just got it. I want to air layer the top sections off but I'm going to wait until spring (is that the right time?)

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