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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
Join Date: May-2005
Location: PA
Country: USA
Posts: 33
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Trident maple - To bud or not to bud
Well I'm approaching serious concern for one of my favorite Trident Maple trees. My other Trident Maple has had leaves for weeks, however my favorite Trident only has buds. We had a tough winter and both trees were side by side in my unheated garage. The tree appears to have small buds and the scratch test shows green under the bark. For some reason the buds just won't open into leaves. It's almost June here so even in my Zone 4-5 backyeard I'm thinking it may be an Ex-Trident maple.
I have not worked on the tree in two seasons so it's been untouched, just growing.
Anything I can try or do here to encourage the buds or test for life? I can show pictures of what I think are the buds if you think it will help.
FM
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