Can you root Maple cuttings? 

Yes you can grow maples from cuttings, and depending on the time of year is to how you do it, and maples are completely different then figs, you can’t compare the 2. First thing is to use course sand, it holds moisture and drains well as well as being sanitary , if you use dirt your introducing microbes and diseases and fungus immediately. If you use just plain perlite, it drains too fast and doesn’t hold the moisture long enough to keep them moist not wet. The cuttings you took wear you tore the leaves off, big mistake, you needed those leaves for photosynthesis. The moisture from the sand as well as the buds give the cuttings the nutrients it needs to make the cells to root out, while the leaves catch the energy from the light and send it down to the wound to help form roots. Also the cuttings steal the energy from the leaves to help survive. Japanese maples take longer to root out, so your best bet is to do hardwood cuttings early, bottom heat so it calluses up and then let them root out the rest of the year. And it’s really important you keep them in shade until fully rooted out, no sun period. Hopefully this will help you in the future. I do this for a living.

Growing from cuttings is definitely a powerful but tricky method to master! Definitely useful for anyone who wants to make bonsai forests, or for cloning the tree to make grafting supplies for new branches or for improving the nebari - not to mention just getting more trees for free!

Whoa thats sick! Getting cuttings from a branch that thick? Good shit!

1-5 cuttings rooted . Went to take em out after what i thought were failed cuttings & to my surprise one had plenty of roots

Regarding the ones that died, you put them into a bag, and then into a green house. I wouldn't think the bag would be needed if it's in a green house, just one or the other. I'm trying the bag method for the first time, so far so good. Leaves are not wilting, but I'm only one week into it at this point. And I used root promoter.

awesome man, most people say this cant be done, you a maple ninja ? subscribed

Good stuff Ben. 👍👍

Air layering works great for creating a new tree. Some variety work better than others. I have made a few bonsai from this method. The cuttings seem to root better for me, if I take the cutting during late fall. And usually start rooting in late spring.✌️😎

Thanks for new technique, let me try now

Remarkable! You did that in spring? You are the best!

thank you very clear, i will try

Out of all those cuttings, is that the only one that rooted?

wow good job another learning from niwaki

Thx, so useful video ! :)

What was the proportion of your steriliser mix please, enjoy your videos John UK

good job

Thank you fir share!!!

I thought you stripped off all the leaves before placing tbe cuttings into the shoe box. Did the leaf grow when sitting in the shoe box?

Thank you

Hello, Can you please tell me if you watered the cutting after putting container on shelf for 4 weeks? Or was the initial first watering all you needed during the 4 weeks before roots appeared?

thankyou very much

For Japanese maples it's best to use the first flush of growth after it harden off. Very nice experiment. I was eager to see if those thick Sango Kaku cutting was going to take.

This is very useful information.I have been trying this with no success for a couple of times.What type of media did you use?And is there a substitute for clonex ?

Doesn't Peter Chan say it's imperative to have "rooting trays" that allow optimum soil drainage to never allow complete saturation. Mold breeds in stagnation.

I found that sometimes the JM cuttings can take many months to root. In December I potted winter cuttings in clear plastic yogurt pots. In March, two started leafing out, and by about June you could see the roots through the clear plastic. Never had luck with trident cuttings though.

Is there a specific time of year to attempt this or will anytime of the year be okay?

Acer Ps are much harder to root than Tridents (which are easy).

Yes

I had a similar result with Acer palmatum (a couple varieties) when trying to root cuttings in sphagnum moss, although it seemed they dehydrated despite being in a "terrarium" to maintain high humidity. I had left 3 or 4 leaves on the tip of the cutting though, so perhaps removing those would have reduced moisture loss. I would have thought some leaf was necessary to move water through the stem, but your shoebox experiment would indicate that leaf transpiration is not essential.

The popsicle stick is where your mold started . I've used them in the garden and every time I pull one out there's fluffy green or grey mold .

Thank you for the tips, is it safe to prune a JP maple right now during the hot summer?

How long did it take to put your climapod up

Nice yard bro! I’m actually from seattle too, just cut my maple yesterday and also wondering if I can propagate it, ty for the vid🙏

Maple wants fairly strong rooting hormone, you can root without it, but it does increase the odds everything else equal. The recommended strength is 0.8% IBA, Clonex is something like 0.3%-0.35% better than nothing but ideally you want something stronger for the best odds. Rooting hormone may all seem the same, but the strength can make a world of difference for some plants.

Yes you can I have done it with a floating cloud japanese maple. You need sand!!! Not soil, and dip and grow

U know a lot about the coral maple tree right?

Wow really interesting. Is there a time of year best suited to maximise the chance of survival? Cheers and thanks for your content

I am going to try this method. So, I gotta goo out & buy a decent plastic shoebox , bag of perlite , a new spray mister (so I won't use my old ones that may have been contaminated with fungus potential), rooting hormone (this stuff can be sooo expensive). Plus, I think I will use a scalpel to get a real "fine cut" that is precision rather than typical snips that can cause microscopic crushing of the cutting at the cut end. Me thinks that is actually quite important is to keep from using snips that are DULL ... as in the medical arena, crushing tissue is one of the most problematic things during surgery. This is why everything is always sharp as could be to make an incision. Crushed cells at the periphery really screws up healing in human tissue, so we should be extrapolating that to nursery cuttings.

Perlite needs to be washed for more sensitive species. Glad your experiment worked. Maples are basically weeds tho…

Clonnex is good for roots

Great video, I am going to try and take Acer cuttings this year. I tried for my October 2021 video update but this didn't work I think due to dormancy and being in the warm. I might try again this spring sometime.

You have some nice water pressure in your sink.

Do you disinfect after checking/when you open? e.g. water + peroxide?

Question: did you place the new c

What do I use if I dont have perlite can I use vermiculite??

Fungus is the biggest challenge.

45° cut

If you remove all of the leaves from a cutting it has no way to move water up through the stem. Sure death will ensue. If you don't want leaves causing mold take cuttings while dormant.

Anyone had success with this method?

try Japanese maple

Yep. Gotta breathe…

The bag was the greenhouse you just used two greenhouses