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- Field maple - This is how it turns into a bonsai
- Bonsai planting - tip for a quick start
- Cultivating field maple bonsai - How to do it right
- Tips
The Acer Campestre is predestined for bonsai breeding
Field maple - This is how it turns into a bonsai
Decorative leaves, shapely growth and good-natured cut tolerance make the field maple the perfect candidate for a magnificent outdoor bonsai. For some beginners, native maple species paved the way to the higher spheres of bonsai art. This guide gives tips for the right start and the best care around a field maple bonsai.
Bonsai planting - tip for a quick start
The method "fast bonsai" has emerged as a time-saving prelude to a field maple as ourdoor bonsai. In contrast to the seed culture, you have a solid source material for an authentic structure right from the start. That is how it goes:
Since numerous field maple hedges are to be found in residential areas, suitable foundlings for the fast bonsai should not be lacking here. Please ask the owner for permission before digging out a sapling.
Cultivating field maple bonsai - How to do it right
The robust cut compatibility allows almost all style shapes for a field maple bonsai. The most important key points in the care program are the following short instructions:
A frost hardy up to - 40 degrees Celsius allows the hibernation of a field maple bonsai outdoors. In the tightly sized substrate volume of the bonsai shell, there is of course the danger that the roots will freeze. We therefore recommend planting older trees in the garden during the cold season, ideally in the shade of deciduous trees. For the sake of caution, hibernate a young field maple bonsai in the frost-free, bright winter quarters.
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Field maple thrives as a heart rootworm, which qualifies it for cultivation as rock bonsai. For this purpose, a suitable stone is clamped under the roots and fixed with wire. Done is one of the most distinctive styles of creative bonsai art.