Follow-up on "Rooting Japanese Maple Cuttings" | End of season quick Update 

Thx Matt, maybe I should give that a try too next time around!

Yeah, that would be a bit odd thing to have a cmpetition over.

haha, thx 😁

My trees are outside, including cuttings.

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@@tomcrookes5689 I was wondering the same thing.

:) I do , thx!

Yeah, it is odd isn't it? I do think it is in that area. Keeping too much moisture and basically creating an airless wet muck

Nice work! That makes it 60% succesrate! I think those numbers are great for backyard hobby propagation

@@GrowingBonsai I am very happy with that!

Hi Lufe, find the full methods video linked in the desciption!

Hi Andreas, have you seen my video on deshojo? DO you mean those red maples? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zFHkI7lpE3Y.html

@@GrowingBonsai Hi Jelle, of course. My red coloured Maple is really dark red the whole year. Another one is like your. Red in spring and during summer the is changing slightly to green. In autumn the Color turns red again. My question was regarding the dark red Maple

not really to be honest :(

I think your problem was using peat as a growing/cutting medium. peat retains too much moisture and does not allow enough air flow or drainage therefore producing the perfect environment for moulds. There are many substitutes that can be used for cuttings, here are a few; Vermiculite, perlite, oilsorb, Cat litter (the baked clay type only), Aquarium gravel, any fine gravel, Finely broken and sifted treeacotta pots. Builders sand at a push. It should go without saying all of the above need to be clean before use. A growing medium should: provide support, allow very good drainage while still holding some moisture, allow good air circulation around the root system. I hope this helps, good luck.

Hey Matt, no good reasons here. Just.. Follow-up video for people to see, as I had soo many questions. On the other hand, no real downside either. These will continu to grow roots well into december unless we get frost beforehand.

Nope. Just keep them with my other japanese maples.

Hey Whats Up. Very welcome. I think it is important that people realize that every method can have good and bad outcomes. All in all, I think the result was great. I got a decent number to root using my default substrate. And I learned that for me, coco peat is not so good.

There is a guy under the trade name Canada Bonsai that regularly propagates Beni Chidori from cuttings, and posted recently this is an easy to root variety! You could try and reach out to him?

@@GrowingBonsai thx Jelle

nice

Hi Bobcat, species * substrate will certainly be a factor. What works for Japanese maples, might not work for junipers or olives. In the end, most plants will need the same basic things to root, but maybe in different rations (How dry/wet, how much air / substrate etc)

@@GrowingBonsai that makes perfect sense. Thank you for always sharing your knowledge.

:)

SOme 2-3 months I suppose. I put them in a spot with about 1 hour of morning sun.

Well.. I obviously damaged one to the point that a root broke off. In general, waiting till spring will have better connected roots, as these will mature over winter. I think there is no real reason for doing it now, except for impatience and curiosity. I am also prone to giving in to that!

Hi JK, feel free to copy and modify! The peat is more me being lazy and not wanting to create a mesh for the pot. But yeah, sure, very clever trick of mine ;)

@@GrowingBonsai 😂

Hi Boris, this is a sensible thing to do.

sit them in a corner of the yard and see them wake up in spring!

thx!!

sorry to say.. I am not aware of anyone propagating these for sale as seedling

And now you found it!