Small trees in my backyard_Acer campestre_ an update

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Small trees in my backyard_Acer campestre_ an update

The plan for this year is to get more ramification and to improve the nebari. So how do we stand in the second half of the summer?

As far as the ramification is concerned - yes the tree looks a bit more mature with better outline.  But there is no second flush of growth.  No idea why is that.   The same for the other 4 trees of the same species.  Different sizes,  but +/- the same cultivation.   




Now for the nebari.   There is REALY nothing to write about.   You can see the scar as a result of the slit I have made alongside selected parts of the existing roots.  A kind of partial airlayer.   A few years ago I made the same partial airlayer on another A.c.  The amount of new roots the tree has produced was ENORMOUS.   So I was expecting some good results here as well.   NO.  There are only 2 new roots - one of them visible on the right hand side. The other one is on the opposite side of the pic - covered by the soil.  No clue why the tree reacted this way.  Well - I will give it another try next year.
But it seems that this growing season is not as good as I hoped.  For sure for this little guy  and for some other ones that have been lost.




The previous article about this tree in here

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