Hello,
Late last spring I was able to successfully transplant (into my lawn) 3 newly spouted Japanese Maple saplings that I found growing underneath a mature tree in a local cemetery. I babied them along throughout the summer months with timely waterings, etc.. So all went well with their survival last summer/fall… far as I could visually tell. Last fall I surrounded them with open-wire screening, to keep the rodents at bay. Unfortunately, not a one of them survived.
Hoping to possibly repeat last year's attempt at getting some young spouts transplanted, I wonder what I need to do differently to aid in their survival? I know we had two winter nights earlier this year when the temperature dipped down to five below zero. Would that in itself have caused their premature demise? In the future, I'm wondering if maybe cutting the bottoms out of some (white) five gallon buckets, then, turning them upside down over the seedlings is what I need/should to do to protect them from the harsh winter winds of Ohio? Or was that not a factor in their death? I planted them in a semi-rounded mound of loose potting soil, mixed with some of the surrounding soil that their roots would have to eventually grow into. The mound is about 8 inches above the surrounding ground, where I was hoping to allow them to grow into mature trees.
Any and all viable ideas and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
mb
Late last spring I was able to successfully transplant (into my lawn) 3 newly spouted Japanese Maple saplings that I found growing underneath a mature tree in a local cemetery. I babied them along throughout the summer months with timely waterings, etc.. So all went well with their survival last summer/fall… far as I could visually tell. Last fall I surrounded them with open-wire screening, to keep the rodents at bay. Unfortunately, not a one of them survived.
Hoping to possibly repeat last year's attempt at getting some young spouts transplanted, I wonder what I need to do differently to aid in their survival? I know we had two winter nights earlier this year when the temperature dipped down to five below zero. Would that in itself have caused their premature demise? In the future, I'm wondering if maybe cutting the bottoms out of some (white) five gallon buckets, then, turning them upside down over the seedlings is what I need/should to do to protect them from the harsh winter winds of Ohio? Or was that not a factor in their death? I planted them in a semi-rounded mound of loose potting soil, mixed with some of the surrounding soil that their roots would have to eventually grow into. The mound is about 8 inches above the surrounding ground, where I was hoping to allow them to grow into mature trees.
Any and all viable ideas and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
mb