Coral bark maple in progress

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Coral bark maple in progress

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Had this tree 3 years, left it alone 1st year, chopped it down last year and let it grow back to this...
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chopped it again yesterday to get this may pot it up 2moro...
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Re: Coral bark maple in progress

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:fc: Some pics of the nebari on repot? :fc:
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Scott Roxburgh wrote::fc: Some pics of the nebari on repot? :fc:
Sure mate will do, but i thought you would just know by now :whistle: :tu:
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Watch the hot weather with that one :fc: (figure that you have anyway)

Looks like an awesome little tree in the making, love that red bark and the fine branching is also going to look good in red.

It is a seed grown one not a graft right?
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Damian Bee wrote:Watch the hot weather with that one :fc: (figure that you have anyway)

Looks like an awesome little tree in the making, love that red bark and the fine branching is also going to look good in red.

It is a seed grown one not a graft right?
This last summer has been in full sun the whole time no prob !!! However in hot drought summer would be a different metter. yes its seed. Thanks Damo !!! :tu:
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Are you potting it into another box or into a pot? Suppose it depends on your final height/ ideas for the tree, but those scars would heal twice as quick in a box.
I really like the colour of the young bark, will be stunning as a bonsai with all the fine twiggery that shade of red.
Nice future for this one :tu:

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Andrew E wrote:Are you potting it into another box or into a pot? Suppose it depends on your final height/ ideas for the tree, but those scars would heal twice as quick in a box.
I really like the colour of the young bark, will be stunning as a bonsai with all the fine twiggery that shade of red.
Nice future for this one :tu:

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Hey mate thankyou, i think the large orchid pot this time. This will help growing on as well as better nebari. The other thing is you know when you want to bring a tree in at night and the box's get grubby and white powder everywhere. Im so over poly boxes :palm: :hooray: :tu:
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Hey mate thankyou, i think the large orchid pot this time. This will help growing on as well as better nebari. The other thing is you know when you want to bring a tree in at night and the box's get grubby and white powder everywhere. Im so over poly boxes :palm: :hooray: :tu:

I know, those poly boxes are terrible when they get old. I try to renew them every year but they still deteriorate quickly eh.
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initial clean up
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second more detailed clean up
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nice coral blue for coral pink
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grow on !!!
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Just because i dont want to start a brand new thread for this one. I thought i'd pop this little palmatumn here for fun. Grown from seed. Sorry no b4 shots or nebari shots too many trees to get through, how ever its all standard here the neb's all look good around here...
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Looking good Antonio :tu:

It's nice to see you pot intentions, I need to repot one of these coral bark maples myself and was leaning toward aqua, seeing this favours that bias (thanks)

Nice nebari already! Obviously you're growing on to increase girth in the trunk and branching structure, but do you plan on keeping at the same height (shohin?)?

I'll be interested to see how this one's wounds heal, I've noticed mine is less able to heal when compared to say a Trident, ... I've also noticed they tend to have longer internodes, straighter branches and often sprout more consecutive buds than just two opposing buds after a smaller branch is cut.

what are you're observations?

Thanks for sharing,

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Andrew E wrote:
anttal63 wrote:
Hey mate thankyou, i think the large orchid pot this time. This will help growing on as well as better nebari. The other thing is you know when you want to bring a tree in at night and the box's get grubby and white powder everywhere. Im so over poly boxes :palm: :hooray: :tu:

I know, those poly boxes are terrible when they get old. I try to renew them every year but they still deteriorate quickly eh.
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:bump:

Really keen to see this little guy now :tu:
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Would love to see an update Anttal!

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Re: Coral bark maple in progress

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Some great potential.... keep us updated.
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