Japanese & Red/Swamp Maples

Little Arborist

Awesome seed pods. That red is brilliant.

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spoonman

i have a japanese maple out my back yard too, it is over 2 stories high, i have green seed pods atm, some have started to turn red, is this an indication that they are ready to be picked?

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Jay Wilson

When they start to fall on their own is a good indication of ripeness.


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GaryS

I'd chop the Japanese maple here.

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TreeBay

IMHO Gary, That's not a great spot. You lose all the benefit of the sinuous, correcting movement in the trunk and wind up with a short, motionless stump. J. Maples are all about feminine movement.

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Matt

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ninja

Heres an update:

It started to warm up down here so I decided to go collect the red maple. There had been alot of rain lately so the area containing the rms was flooded with about 1.5 feet of water. After I collected the maple I headed back to the truck with only my tools because carrying both would have been impossible. I was being bitten by tons of mosquitos so I took the path straight through the swamp. About half way through I heard a splash ahead of me. 7 feet in front of me was a cotton mouth about 3 feet long coiled in a tight little bun with its mouth open so wide all that I could see was white. I slowly turned around and decided the mosquitos weren't so bad after all so I took the long way around. Needless to say, after I put my tools in the truck I went back and got my tree. To and fro from the dig site, every little russel or splash made me almost poo in my pants.

Anyway, heres the tree I almost died for, I'll probably cut it again just underneath the upper left branch.

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ninja

heres a pic of the nebrari (spl?)

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ninja

and heres the japanese maple with an obviously novice stile air-layering.

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Lindwurm

now cold resistant are these maples?
that swamp maple grows in florida too?