A six-trunk ground-grown trident maple

[daiviet_nguyen]

This trident had been in the ground for between 4 and 6 years, I cannot remember when
I put it down. It has actually produced seeds consistently for several years. The seeds
are smaller than my other trees, but they have good germination rate.

I have layered all 6 trunks. But only 3 medium ones produced roots. I could not wait any
more, so last week, I chopped them off. Also cut down the 2 two that have roots.

I dug it up on the 03/Jul/2010 -- these are the pictures.

The picture below is it after I axed off the big roots at the base:



The following two show the positions of the trunks:





And finally ready to pot:



It has root in all direction. The length of the root based is about 30 to 35 cm.
The biggest trunk is about 6 cm. The smallest is about 3 cm. The length of the fused
base is around 15 cm.

I put it into a wooden box. It would take three-of-me to carry this box around now.

[anttal63]

Hey Viet, that fused base and root spread is very impressive! Look forward to seeing what you do with it!

[daiviet_nguyen]

Hi Antonio,

Thank you It was originally an air-layered one too. All the branches (then) were sort of not at the same point,
the grows over the years have sort of sorted this problem out.

About 5 or 6 meters away from this tree, there is another maple -- this one is not doing well at all. Something
about the ground soil

Best regards.

[craigw60]

Hi Daiviet, Good work there looks like you have lots of nice fine roots which is half the battle.
Craig

[LZRD84]

b-e-a-utiful!

[daiviet_nguyen]

Hi Craig,

Thank you for your comment The roots certainly help.

The mass of little roots was a nice surprise for me too, I did expect them, but not
so many. When I put it down, there were some, and I remember cutting off the barks around
the trunk.

By the end of winter every year, I mixed horse manure and dynamic lifter together,
took some surface soil off, and dumped the mix right on top of the root mass. And
put the soil back. Then for the next few weeks, I took a strong stick, and stirred
the surface to prevent the dynamic lifter from caking up.

I am not too sure if that contributed to the roots staying on the surface.

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Thank you LZRD84 .

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Regards.

[craigw60]

I am sure the ferts would have helped heaps, they would force the tree to make feeders in close to the trunk. those roots will really help a lot with the back budding on the trunks.
Craig