Thread: Baby Acer?

Maybe one for Dave,looks like one.
Planted som seeds from my big Acer last autumn and this appeared

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Sure I am losing it,forgot to put the pic up

Originally Posted by john1

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Sure I am losing it,forgot to put the pic up

nice one John!

a purple/red dissectum variety?

looks healthy enough to me though mate.
all seedlings look frail until they get going....

I have a small cutting I'm trying to grow after I accidentally broke the end off one of my acers branches, the one in the above pic looks to be thriving and I'm I'm sure it will grow into a lovely tree, great to see one of these beautiful trees grown from a home produced seed

Thanks lads,really excited now become a dad again

Should I pot it on and what is the best soil,aricatious ? ( if that's how you spell it )

Originally Posted by john1

Thanks lads,really excited now become a dad again

Should I pot it on and what is the best soil,aricatious ? ( if that's how you spell it )

i think it is a bit too small to pot on mate, the roots will be very delicate.
they do fine in ericacious with a pH 5, (the way i remember it is it's named after the latin for acid loving heather flower 'Ericaceae')

but they actually prefer a neutral to acid soil about pH 6-7 with lots of organic material included like leaf mold or composted bark.
but i wouldn't bother with that until they are much bigger.

Just had a poke around in the soil and there are some more sprouting !!!

Originally Posted by john1

Just had a poke around in the soil and there are some more sprouting !!!

result mate!
you'll have a little forest soon

Thanks Dave,I enjoy doing cuttings and seeds from the garden and I seem to be doing ok with others,Geraniums etc.

Think I got it from my Mum and Dad who were well into gardening.

Good luck with the Acers - just dug up the last of three Acers around our pond. All only had leaves on very bottom branches this Spring and close examination showed the rest of each to be completely dead - after looking fantastic last year. On digging them out the roots did not look healthy and the real give away was a strong smell of fungus in the soil - so planting new Acers too risky.
Been out to wholesaler and grabbed a bargain blue conifer as this should be immune to whatever attacks Acers or other similar.

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And here is the mother.

Originally Posted by john1

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And here is the mother.

That's a beauty, I have one very similar to that but much smaller, how long has it taken to get to that size

Had it a long time mate,moved it quite a few times which didnt seem to bother it.

Originally Posted by john1

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And here is the mother.

stunning acer mate

mine is in an oversized bonsai pot now