[Dirtrider]

With all this great advise on here today I figured I’d ask the Monkey collective. I’ve got a standard Japanese Maple, Orangeola if I remember correctly. It is starting to look a little bushy and too shrubby for my liking. I want to trim the bottom to make it more tree like. It is going on it’s second season in the ground. Is there a preferred time or method to trim these? I am in N.C. if it matters.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Japanese Maples: How to Plant, Care and Prune - Garden Design

Learn about Japanese maple tree care and pruning, explore some of the many varieties of Japanese maples, and why these trees are great for container planting.

www.gardendesign.com

 

[Jozz]

www.treemonkey.com

 

[jimmydean]

We have a tree guy that lives a mile down the road. It was $100 for our big one and he did a great job. It's about 12' tall, it's nice.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

We have a tree guy that lives a mile down the road. It was $100 for our big one and he did a great job. It's about 12' tall, it's nice.

$100 to prune a 12' tree...

 

[jonKranked]

$100 to prune a 12' tree...

Yea well a bowl of soup isn't a nickel anymore

 

[Sandwich]

$100 to prune a 12' tree...

I was just thinking that was cheap.

I have a huge japanese maple in the side yard. I've just been trimming branches that touch the house.

Also, check reddit.com/r/trees for more help

 

[johnbryanpeters]

suburbanmonkey.com

 

[jimmydean]

$100 to prune a 12' tree...

It's about 20' across. It isn't little, and it looks amazing. Worth it.

 

[jonKranked]

I was just thinking that was cheap.

yea, i didn't think that was too bad either. a couple summers ago i paid close to $5k to have 13 trees taken out.

 

[CBJ]

Pruning is really not that difficult just a few things to learn.

 

[jdcamb]

There are definitely not enough Japanese Maple tree pruning threads here...

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

There are definitely not enough Japanese Maple tree pruning threads here...

We just need to wait until @stoney plants one. There will be daily threads about it.

 

[stoney]

We just need to wait until @stoney plants one. There will be daily threads about it.

Plant tree. Let grow. Call arborist as needed. Is there more than that?

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

When the arborist goes MIA?

 

[jonKranked]

Plant tree. Let grow. Call arborist as needed. Is there more than that?

Arborist doesn't show. Stoney buys chainsaw and pruning clippers.

 

[jdcamb]

When the arborist goes MIA?

I am going to assume if you have a relationship with a Arborist. Then you're doing all right...

 

[stoney]

Arborist doesn't show. Stoney buys chainsaw and pruning clippers.

Living things need to be treated differently and the phrase 'widow-maker' exists for a reason. I know my limits and when to acknowledge the need for a professional.

 

[junkyard]

Just watch 5 YouTube videos about trimming trees. Then you can say your an expert on the subject.

 

[CBJ]

Just watch 5 YouTube videos about trimming trees. Then you can say your an expert on the subject.

Pretty much what I have done and It has gone pretty well so far. Pruned most of my trees in the garden include all my Japanese maples. It’s really a must to prune to keep a garden in check.

 

[jstuhlman]

well then...sharpen up your shears and get to work! (when you're not building your #vanlife van that you don't even post pictures of and will probably use to abandon your poor japanese maple tree anyway...

japanese maple pruning - YouTube

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m.youtube.com

 

[CBJ]

Clean you shears before using them too to avoid getting it sick. Of the above search I think I have learned the most about pruning from the Herons Bonsai guy. As he says never be afraid of pruning. One of my new Acers was not in good shape with rotting leaves and I cut it more or less completely back and now its growing like crazy with tons of fresh shoots.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

The proper way to prune Japanese maple, acer palmatum, is at its base:

Japanese maple: Acer palmatum (Sapindales: Aceraceae): Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States

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[CBJ]

The proper way to prune Japanese maple, acer palmatum, is at its base:

Japanese maple: Acer palmatum (Sapindales: Aceraceae): Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States

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Wow that is a long list of invasive plants seems like a lost battle. Not listed as invasive in Denmark. Not sure how good they are at germinating around here.

 

[Westy]

Every Japanese Maple I have seen has been grafted to a different species of root stock. I have had thousands of seeds from Japanese Maples sprout and quickly die, probably why the need to graft. I guess it is possible in certain climates for them to survive and maybe thrive but certainly not in the areas where I have lived.