How to grow Japanese Maple (Acer Palmatum) in a Pot Part I.mp4

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Watch Part 2 (a month later) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br5Wi9gTZg Watch Part 3 (a year later) at http://youtu.be/48EqC_vfZ2I This is a Video diary of my work with a Japanese Maple growing in a container. Part I is recorded in early March 2011 and is about planting the bare root tree into the pot. Shows how to prepare the soil, and how to do light trimming.. Please watch Part 2, for the follow up video, showing how the plant progressed during the one month after potting.

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Oh ,my lord! Please, please, please wet the root ball before you try to do ANYTHING to it. I could not even watch when he was taking out the big chunks of clay with feeder roots caked in.

Look up trunk chopping. Thats how you get good bonsai with thick trunk and good nebari.

Next, time check the root's before buying...If you can't go to a other store. Put the root's in a bucket of water for a hour of so. After that pull at the stem a little and release. Do that a couple of times and all the dirt/soil will be in the water. The rest you have to leave on, because the little root hairs are holding that together and you don't want do destoy them. Good luck.

The tree has one large branch that is crossing in the middle. That should be removed when the tree goes dormant next winter.

nice girly gloves

I am in need of some advice about my acer. For some unknown reason, my acers leaves have gone crispy and golden .... it does NOT look healthly at all ... what should I do????

are those long nose pruning scissors and where did you get them

Thanks for your reply and your help

Hi,can you help me by letting me know which best place to put this tree,does it like alot of sun,shade etc... ? Thanks and great video