Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Japanese Maple question, 0 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
I've potted up dozens of JM seedlings over the years.
Here's a batch of them from one of the past few years.
I have already noticed a big crop of seedlings scattered in my yard again this year.
The remarkable variability of the species is readily apparent in the seedlings.
My favorite is a very pretty linearilobum which was just a random seedling.
I recall being super careful with the first one or two,
but now that I have seedlings all over the place every year,
I no longer fret about losing an occasional one.
Most of them survive and I stick them around my wooded lot.
Takes a few yrs of potting them up to grow them to suitable size to make it on their own.
I don't have a greenhouse, but I stick them in the garage to overwinter first couple years.
I don't fertilize them. I sometimes put some water-absorbing crystals in with the potting soil
to prevent the little pots from desiccating to rapidly.