Growing Japanese Maple Trees from Seed & Rooting Cuttings (Acer Palmatum) 

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I'm so happy to have found your channel! I have a retirement nursery started from cuttings, and they're about 2 to 3 years old. I have approximately 3,000 plants, but I've always wanted to grow Japanese maples! I want to do a lot of bonsai in my older age. I'm 63 now, but in relatively good shape, and I'm so excited to get started next year! Thank you for your info! I'll be bingeing the videos!

I’m so glad to find this channel!

New subscriber! You’re so knowledgeable. Blessed to find you. Can’t wait to see updates.

I love how passionate you are. Thank you for the information

Great information! I didn't know you could actually root cuttings like that. I will definitely be trying it next spring.

Hi thanks for taking the time to share very helpful info. I was missing a step taking cuttings. The greenhouse totes for propagations are brilliant. I have everything already laying around to get started lol thanks.

this is EXACTLY the video i was looking for. thank you for the information!

Great video, we have 4 beautiful japanese maples. This video will help with making more.

That tote is a great idea. I propagated my first Japanese maple cuttings last year as well by making make shift plastic tents... I had quite success to my surprise but I wanted to try something different this year. What I mostly wanted to change up and try a verious soil mixed. But the idea with a clear box gives me even more to play with. Greetings from Germany

Maples are my favorite!!!! So many to choose from!!!

This is by far the best and most thorough vid I've watched on the process of successfully rooting acer palmatum cuttings! Well done!

Great vid! Just got my first few Japanese maples!

Fantastic videos! I name you, the bob ross of Japanese maples 🙌 keep sharing your joy!

Very informative. Thanks for the advice. I like the fact you show how your cuttings grow at 1 year, 2 years etc. You have a new sub` from Scotland 👍

Brilliant collection of maples at different stages. Enjoyed this thanks 😊

Very useful thank you very much- kindest regards from South Africa

Really enjoyed this video!

Hi Jonathon, greetings from England 😁 great video, really informative, just bought some Japanese maples so good to watch this. Going to be on the prowl now for potential cuttings and seedlings at friends etc. About to watch your previous vids, cheers Matt

Very nice and informative! I'm a maple geek myself.

Thanks for all the information. Really interesting and helpful

Very helpful video, thank you

I am so glad I found your channel! Very very helpful. :)

I really enjoyed watching this video, and learned alot of information. I am growing (zone 7A) a 1 year old Japanese Maple Bloodgood sapling. I started this from a seedling that grew in the mulch, under the host tree. The host tree is a beautiful red color, but the baby is green. The baby tree is now 28" tall with beautiful leaves, and I have it growing in a very large pot outside, in my shade garden. I have it staked to keep it straight. So far, so good.

New subscriber, I have a big beautiful Japanese Maple that was mature when we moved here 19 years ago. My neighbor and I let a little one grow in the runoff ditch between our properties years ago and she eventually dug it up and planted it behind her house. When she was planning on selling her house, she told me to take it, so I have it and it's doing great 14 years later. It looks much different than my other tree that it came from, but it's beautiful. Will be watching more of your videos as I haven't had any luck with taking any of the small seedlings. Thank you in advance!

Thanks for sharing!

new follower here! I luv learning about how to grow Japanese maples! ty

Awesome video ❤❤❤!!!!

Beautiful tree Like it My friend, thank you for good sharing

Thanks for the tips you saved my maples! They got a little sun burnt but they should be fine now

Thank you been trying to do cuttings for over a year now.

great video! really well explained

Love it!

Thank you for sharing, very useful information 👍, greetings of friendship from Indonesia🙏🙏

hi am happy to have seen your post .

Thank you! Great information.

Thanks very good job 👍

I'm a new viewer in your channel, just subscribed

Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

Your presentations are so informative and fun to watch! I love your passion for these amazing trees. I have a small seedling that my son gave me and I'm trying to figure out how to care for it. Ultimately I want to plant it in your yard, but I'm not sure how to go about it or what kind of Japanese maple it is

Great video

Soo interesting! I loved it. Thank you very much. Oh, that is the best part, you are a part of the family of God. Nice to meet you. You explanation is so clear and helpful. Love you! God bless you.

Thank you for the video

Try (pro mix HP) potting soil. It’s just a basic soil with no nutrients. But it has extra perlite in it. More than your average potting soil. It also has Mycorrhizae to stimulate root growth In seedlings and cuttings. Great video btw. Answered a lot of my questions. Thx.

Hi John, I would like to see same topic about cuttings but from pomegranate nana and Natal plum . Love Japanese maples too, and really enjoyed your video about them grown from seeds and cuttings.

Last night I suddenly wanted to know more about all the different maple trees in the world. (Don’t ask why, I don’t really know, either.) So thank you.

I love this video! As I am currently trying to root my Japanese maple before we move. Not so much of a success for me ATM. I would love to see an update.

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I have 5 Japanese maples and now I’m growing 3 more. They’re now beautiful saplings now.

Hi there. I just found your videos today and I'm glad I did! This is the first year I've ever tried growing from seedlings. My original maple is over 35 years old, so I collected 8 or 9 seedlings this spring, planted them all in a rectangular planter, covered them with screening to keep rabbits away, and left them outdoors under the original tree. I'm wondering what I should do with them over the winter...I'm in Massachusetts, zone 6a. Winters get pretty cold. Should I bring them inside and keep them under a grow light? Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Awesome video! Very detailed and informative. I’m in the process of trying to grow a couple cuttings from 2 different Japanese maples and hoping this goes well. I’m very new to this and not sure if I did any of it right 😅 BTW, do you sell any of these? I’ve been looking around and can’t find any local to me in northeast Ohio.

thank you for the information,,,,very informative. What kind of soil do you use on the seedlings?

Thank you, Johnny, for the very informative videos. You mentioned in one of the videos that you sell some trees. I would love to buy any, just don't know how. Thank you

Hello , thank you for sharing you knowledge about maple trees. I living in florida and i in love with this type of trees and i love some of red color can you told me wish one can ve perfect for my garden in Fl . Thank you 🙏🏼

My tree didn’t give me any babies this year so I might try rooting some. I was dog visiting for a friend who had to go away for the day and I noticed a baby under hers and scooped it out. It has its first true leaves. It’s a real beauty, when the sun shines on it the underside of the leaves look pink and the trunk has a papery white trunk like a birch.

Thank you Very much for this informativ video.I just plantera some cuttings in spagnum moss vith rotinghormon.Iam so curius if it Will work.NeXT time I will try yours.☺️

Hi Jonny! Thanks for another good video! I am from southern Brazil and I am growing some tree seedlings in my free time. I bought some maple seeds at Ebay. After to do the cold stratification the seed was sown in pots. After a long time the in the pots no one seed germinate. I think some sellers are selling old seeds that are not viable to sow. Jonny, where can I buy or get some good viable maple seed?

Jonny, I really appreciate all your hard work in making these informative video. I love Japanese maple and started collecting seeds around my local area last year. I have a little success (about 30%) of the total seed started growing. However, It seems like some of them starts dying since two weeks ago. I have a question, It is now the beginning of Fall season. Can I start pulling them out from the tray and re-planting them in a 4 inch pot? Thanks. I am also a Christian and attend Southern Baptist Church in Fresno, CA.

Hi John. Today was the first time watching your channel. I have a young Japanese Maple I've been growing. It is now in its third year. Could you please tell me how to fertilize my young tree to keep it healthy. Thank you.

Hi John, thank you for making this video. You have a nice system going it seems :) I’m located in GA, would you recommend bringing the container inside during cold winter or do the trees need to go through their dormant cycle? TIA

Hi, I'm new to Japanese Maples. I've just bought my first one after seeing one with striking red leaves. But the one I bought is a Palmatum Trompenburg, deep purple leaves, green in summer, upright habit. It is just about 1 meter high with 3-4 stems, so must be about 1-2 years old? Anyway, I made the mistake of not giving it enough shade, so on one of the bright hot days (in the UK), I think the leaves got sun burnt and some turned white. I've watered it, and now built a protective shade around it to keep off the direct sunlight. Hopefully it will recover and grow. It's a slow growing type and should reach 6 feet high in 10 years. I wanted a shrub rather than a tree, to add more contrasting colours to my back garden.

I have managed to get Sugar Maple seeds to grow, my next project is Japanese Maple seeds. 🍁

The amber ghost is amazing looking

Thanks for posting this! BTW -- which hawthorns are behind you ?? Parsley??

WOW! Thank You for posting this video. I have always really liked Japanese Maples, but living in zone 9 Arizona (for now), I cannot grow them. I am curious about what you end up doing with so many of the trees, do you sell them? I bet they would be in huge demand and you'd have no trouble selling them.

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どうもありがとうございます！ ゾーン8から加入しました。

Interesting video. I’m in zone 6 and it can get pretty cold during the winter. Any thing special I should do to protect them during the winter months?

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I would love to see a video about how you got them started in the tote. What type of soil was used, did you poke holes in the tote for drainage or not etc... you may have already done so and I can't find it? I've been looking and wondered if I may have missed it or there isn't one. Would love to see one!! Thank you for your help and knowledge.

Very informative but for those of us who have no idea how to do this growing medium make up would be nice. Thank you

Very intresting, thanks. Could you pls describe the type of soil mix to use when propagating, more clear I believe that is important too

Those are some really nice gloves.

Hi great video!, you have idea that this tree will grow on a tropical climate? Thanks!

I have about 100 Japanese maple seedlings that have grown about 2 ft this year. They are not branching out and I have staked them so they are straight. I expected them to start branching by now. Should I be pruning them back to cause them to branch? If so at what height do you recommend pruning them

Thank you for your video. I'm a first time owner of one of this beautiful tree. You say report your trees pretty aggressively. So when is the best time to repot them I'm Dallas Texas Also do you use any fertilizers - what type and how much.

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Love your channel. Didn't find subscribe option😢

Perdón por no saber tu idioma , podrías decirme en que época del año deben plantarse los acer ? Muchas gracias !!!

Great video. If the three year old is getting to tall can I cut all the growth maybe leave one branch will it start new growth on the trunk so that I can then cut the sacrificial branch off?

my friend thank you for this video ...can you type us what kind of dirt you used please

Hey just wondering do you leave the young plants and new cuttings out for the winters?

Hi John, this is Tu in NY. What month of the year did you do cutting seedling? Was it early summer? Thank you!

Interesting !! Thanks wich state are you

I have propagated some trees and shrubs, but don’t know how to arrange them on the property. Most landscape designers are working with squared off boundaries and a need for privacy, but that is not my situation. I also have no need for added privacy as I’m surrounded by woods. Can you point me to any good sources on the subject? I read a book on basic landscaping and took away from it that I should plant my gardens where I can see them. So I now have two plantings floating in the middle of the property that can be seen from windows in the house.

Any pointers on overwintering? I live in MA and struggle to keep my maples after the winter months

Water twice a day noted. Any other tips? I am following your steps by steps. Water mist twice everyday how many sprays or until top soil is wet?

New follower here. Love the content. We have a pecan orchard and raise cattle. Looking for ways to supplement our business. Looking forward to future content.

8:30 with this variation on my balkony i got the police called on me because someone thought it was weed, lol

Are you keeping the containers top closed only when it is raining ?

Nice Bonsai

Those first two simple leaves of a seedling are called "cotyledon"

Any Ideas on where to buy seeds for zone 9b.. I would love to have some Japanese maple trees in my yard.. One day I'll get one . I think the main one they sell here that I have seen is the blood good. I would like a weeping one that doesn't get to tall.

What soil do you use ect many thanks first time owning one

how should these seedlings be overwintered? can they survive frost in a pot?

I am going to be taking clippings from my parents Japanese maple and I plan to put it in a pot outside. I live in a 5a zone and I am worried about keeping them from being damaged from the cold in the winter. What do you recommend?

For your “propagation tray” lid, you might want to secure some window or soffit vent screen material over the holes, so you can keep out the pests.

Hi, how many hours/days you leave it in the water first when you cut them before putting in the soil please? Thank you for sharing 🙏

Good video but I think it matters when you take cuttings. Can you tell me what month you took them?