Content
- Pull maple seedlings yourself - that's how it works
- Cutting and preparing offshoots - this is how you do it right
- Tense air promotes rooting - this is how it works
- Tips
Maple leaves are best cut in early summer
Pull maple seedlings yourself - that's how it works
As part of the vegetative propagation of maple trees, gardeners complain about the unruly rooting and high failure rate of seedlings. This guide explains how to skip these horticultural cliffs. To properly pull maple offshoot.
Cutting and preparing offshoots - this is how you do it right
In early summer is the best time to propagate a maple by offshoot. Take a sharp, disinfected pair of scissors and cut off the largest possible number of 10 to 15 cm long shoot tips. You apply the cut just below a leaf node. How to prepare the cuttings expertly:
For each clone, prepare a separate seed pot. Commercially available cultivation soil, Kokoshum or a mix of sand and potting soil are suitable as substrate. As a special motivation for rapid rooting, fill in a thin layer of compost in advance. An offshoot is simply placed in the lean soil so that the roots strive to get to the nutrient buffet on the bottom of the pot.
Tense air promotes rooting - this is how it works
Following the preparation, another focus will be on the unrelenting growth of unruly maple offshoots. A microclimate of tense air lets the roots sprout. That is how it goes:
Comfortable and promising, you can create tense air in a room greenhouse or a large bowl with a transparent lid. It is important to note that you ventilate the cover daily to prevent mold or rot. On this occasion, please check the moisture content of the substrate to pour on dried surface.
Tips
Saplings of Asian maple species feel better off in slightly acidic soil. Unlike its European counterparts, Norway maple and Japanese Japanese maple favor a pH of 5.0 to 6.5. Therefore, add some rhododendron or azalea earth to the substrate when growing and planting.