Help cloning a Japanese maple.

medicaloutlaw

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I have a Japanese Maple that is 29 years old this spring. My beautiful late Aunt gave me the tree as a two-inch seedling that grew under her tree. After the last couple winter storms and a couple weeks in single digits the tree suffered and has most of it has died. There is some new growth coming from around the base and out of shallow roots. I did read that you could take cuttings and clone similar to a cannabis plant which I do regularly. I only have a couple of new growths on the tree and two more coming from a root that are 7-8 inches tall so I have to get this right or loose the tree forever.

Anyone have any experience cloning trees or other non-cannabis type plants? Should I just cut at a 45 degree angle and use some rooting gel? Transplant into dirt or a rooting plug. Or even take the entire root and plant? I feel kinda silly asking considering Ive cloned many cannabis plants but the tree is very important to me and I only have a couple chances to get this right. I have the root dug out and exposed in the photos.

ANY advice very welcome. Thanks.

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PopAndSonGrows

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Wish i could help with that, but we do have a ton of Japanese Maple seeds if you need them.

I understand your wanting to clone Grandma's old tree but if you need new stock, holler. Its just maple seed no biggie.

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Pics of the "mother" we planted her 15 yrs ago and she gets BLOOD RED in the fall.

Best of luck!
 

shnkrmn

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Hi. I feel your pain. You have some good material to propagate. I would cut a nice piece of lateral root with a shoot in the middle and put it in a decent sized pot with something like Promix. Maybe a little osmocote in the bottom. Keep moist and keep faith. It's Spring, everything wants to grow.
 

medicaloutlaw

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