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Japanese maple Acer palmatum

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Exposure Japanese mapleSole pieno
These plants don't fear the cold weather and therefore can be grown in the garden during any time of year. If a tree with a very thin trunk is put in shelter, it could be useful to secure it to a solid stake, which can keep it erect, and protect it from the damage caused by strong winds.Plant which need at least a few hours a day of solar light.

Generalities Japanese maple
As they grow, these plants become the size of a tree. This plant in the autumn assumes a red colouring; it is small in size and can reach 5 m high. It doesn't keep its leaves in the winter. The development of the The Japanese maple is erect; in genereral in the lower part they have a pretty bare stem, while p many ramifications develop towards the top.

Fertilization Japanese maple
Let’s fertilize the plants when implanting them, or every 2-3 years, towards the end of the winter or beginning of Autumn. A good quantity of organic fertilizer, such as manure or earthworm humus should be mixed to the soil at the foot of the stem; in this manner we will supply it with a good quantity of nutrients and we will also improve the mixture of the soil.

Watering Japanese mapleTenere asciutto
Let’s avoid watering the The Japanese maple excessively, always leaving the soil dry for a few days between one watering and the other, therefore let’s irrigate the substratum deeply every 4-5 weeks with 1-2 buckets of water . We should pay particular attention to those plants which have been recently placed in shelter; during the years, trees develop a cospicuous radical apparatus, and need watering only if the climate is particularly dry.

Treatments Japanese maple
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.

Soil Japanese maple
These trees need a dissolved soil with an optimum drainage.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
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0
2
1
0
1
continental
3
0
2
2
0
1
mediterranean
2
0
2
3
0
1

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Notes Japanese maple

If desired, we can grow the The Japanese maple in a container. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather continental it is possible to choose another climate area alpine mediterranean

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