GROW MAPLE TREES THE EASY WAY | No Seed Germination or Stratification
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Thanks for checking out the video and stopping by our channel - Five Acre Homestead! Today's video is all about Maple Trees and how I personally like to grow them. This process involves no seed stratification and no seed germination, and is really EASY! Our tree is a Silver Maple I believe, but this process should work on all maple tree species including Japanese Maple, Red Maple, etc..
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WOW, Thanks heaps! I just went and looked under our maple tree and indeed found a heap of seedlings with their first set of true leaves. I just potted up 15 of them while watching this video.
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and good luck with your maples! Would love to have you as a subscriber to the channel if interested. Cheers, and thanks for watching!!
Easy free bonsai love it thanks brother
Omg the wingy dingy things from growing up in Chicago!!!❤❤❤
I got a new place I’m moving to soon. Great video. Will have to try this when I get home ❤
Great demo! So many gorgeous little Maples to line your driveway! I loved the origin story of your technique, too. I have plants from cuttings from the house I grew up in the 1970s. I nurture little seedlings that sprout under my Japanese Maple in my front yard, I only got three this year though. 🌿🌿🌿🌿😃
Thanks so much! The original seedlings we picked all those years ago definitely has added some sentimental value to this technique.. so I’m glad you enjoyed it! They’re growing bigger than ever right now. It’d be awesome to have some seedlings from your house in the 1970’s too.. I’m sure that’s nice to have around. I’d also love to have a Japanese Maple at some point too. Thanks again for watching, and for the sub! Cheers!
@theidahopanhandlers summer is ending, and I waited a year for the 2nd video for the Mapple tree
Very informative video. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for watching it!
Looks like you're planting solt maple trees.... yeah, it could be a silver maple. But I agree, they look more like some Norwegian maples that Ive seen back east here in Virginia. Our Silver maple seed looks a little different from yours, but they are similar enough.
The Norwegian Maple leaf resembles a Sugar Maple leaf.
We also have red maple trees, but their seeds are smaller than the silver maple seeds. Both Silver and Red maple trees are soft maple trees. and they both drop their seeds in the spring, and germinate in late spring/summer time.
Hard maple tree seeds drop in the fall, and require stratification in the late fall and winter time. They germinate in the spring.
Hard maples in the east are typically Sugar maple and Black maple trees, which seem to grow best in elevations above 2000 feet altitudes. However, I'm growing a Sugar Maple tree currently at about 800 feet in altitude (at my Virginia house). There are LOTS of red and silver maple trees growing like "weeds" in the warm lower elevations where my house is located.
Maples have shallow root systems and love water. So be careful where you plant them... because their roots can cause foundation issues if planted to close to your house, walks, patio, driveway, etc....
Other than that, they are a hearty tree, and their stump growth regeneration, can be amazing after they are cut down, in a clearcut situation of a forest. Regeneration after a forest fire also is common.
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Good video thanks 😊
Thank you so much! Really appreciate you checking out the video. Cheers! 😊
Nice Information I'm looking at Growing Japanese Maple From Seed indoors in Boise Idaho for Bonsai Trees the Info you Gave Was Quite Different than what most are Saying for Starting Growth from Seeds
Awesome! I’m definitely not a tree specialist, but it’s a technique I’ve used a few times now and it works very well. Hope it works for your Japanese Maples. Thanks for watching!
Another great and informative vid! The funny thing is after your last video about the tractor, we started looking for some trees and other plants to plant on the property, one of the trees was a Maple! So, this video is exactly what we were looking for. Wow, I think there is a saying… “great minds run in the same rut!”
We have two Japanese Maples with lace leaves (I believe they are Acer palmatum -'Seiryu') in our backyard that turn a beautiful deep red in the Fall.
That is a great technique for growing Maple trees. Love that you and your sister decided to bring some memories from your childhood home to your new home. I need to try and figure out how to do the same with our Maples. Our trees to not drop the helicopters yours does, so I may need to get creative. 😊
Your driveway will look amazing with those trees!!!
Lolly looks great, she is so well trained, and she has gotten a lot bigger since you first brought her home. She really likes hanging out with you. I noticed she went off camera when you were on your patio. I was thinking she may have gotten into some shenanigans. 😊
OMG, my Mom and I cracked up when you were playing in the leaves. You looked like you were having so much fun!!! The days when you could play in a pile of leaves, wow, that brought back memories for sure!!!!
Great job walking us through each step of the technique. It really does look easy, and it definitely is effective.
Can you get syrup from that species of Maple tree? Boy, that would be cool!
Nice job repurposing those yogurt containers. 😊
We really appreciate this video, because it never occurred to us that we could bring some seedlings from our trees with us!!!
Ah, great shot using the bite cam! I remember you mentioning that technique when you were descending from White Clouds.
Did you need to keep them in sunlight, or did you just water them?
Looking forward to following the progress of this new project!
Stay safe and be well!!!
Wow good timing was right! If you need a maple tree, just holler! I have so many sprouts and not enough cups and so they are growing out of the bowl!
That's awesome about the Japanese Maples! That's really surprising to me.. I thought for sure they dropped Samaras as well.. Oops! I just googled it now.. And the internet says that they do, but I believe it may depend on the age of the tree as well. Hmm.. now I'm curious.
I'm hoping the driveway will look nicely with them. I only want a handful of them, and the rest to be Quaking Aspen and Birch because they turn orange in the Fall. All of these trees will hopefully one day provide a great privacy curtain.
Thanks for taking notice to Lolly! She has been a project herself, and it's taken a lot of patience to get her trained up. She is getting better by the week! And yes she was probably off getting into some trouble lol.
I miss playing in the leaves as well. Life was much more simple back then.
I'm not sure about getting maple syrup from these trees. It doesn't really seem to be a common practice with the trees around here.
That'd be awesome if you guys could take some trees when you when you move! It's kind of a fun way to bring something to your new home. Ahh, the bite cam! It can definitely come in handy sometimes! But only if the angle is perfect!
Yeah a window sill or on a table with a good amount of sunlight seems to do the trick! We have a lot of windows in the house, so the trees are just sitting on the table and are thriving!
Thanks so much for watching this one and for leaving the comment! I always look forward to them. Cheers!!
@@theidahopanhandlers Hehehehe, thanks! We may just do that!
My Mom has had the two Japanese maple trees for a while, about 25 years. My Mom is an avid gardener. She has slowed down a bit now, but she still loves to garden. My dad got her one tree for a birthday gift, and I got her one for a Mother's Day gift, so they really have sentimental value as well as being beautiful. I asked her and she said they don’t drop the helicopters (that’s what we call them around here). But I checked online, and it does say Japanese maples do produce samaras, which is weird. When I dug a little deeper, they did say there were some species that did not, but they do not resemble the trees she has. I will see if I can dig up some photos and send them to you. Maybe you will recognize the exact species. I really want to take them with us when we move. She did say they only grow to about 6 ft. tall and get about 10 ft. wide and the leaves cascade over. The trunk has grown to about 3 - 4 inches thick. She said they are more like a bush / shrub than a tree. Hopefully I can find some pics to send. If it wasn’t for your video, I would never have thought it was possible to take them with us. 😊
That would be so cool to have a curtain of trees for privacy. Not only would you get privacy, but they would look great in the Fall and probably be a good barrier for wind and sound. We are big fans of trees!!!
We can tell you have put a lot of effort into working with Lolly. She is very well behaved. She makes a great addition to your family and channel.
Yes, for sure! I wish there was a button you could press to go back in time and relive some of those moments.
I will need to look into what it takes to get maple syrup from a tree. It would be great to have home made maple syrup on pancakes in the morning!!! I am guessing it is more difficult than I think, otherwise people around here would be doing it.
As always, be safe and stay well and can’t wait for the next video!
Cute! Hope you were able to sell some of them like you said you wanted to 🙂
Thanks for the helpful video! I’m over in north Spokane and am looking to plant a maple tree in my front yard.
You’re welcome!! Hope the technique works for you. Happy planting!
I'm trying the twig method today, being Oct in Wisc, I've cut some twigs, will strip the bottoms a bit, plant in some soil in a pot, keep them moist over the winter, so many videos, everyone has a different method. Your video above is a spring time method, right?
You can sprout silver and sometimes sugar maple seeds almost immediately but others require up to 2 seasons of stratification. So if you mowed or can't find sprouts these re the only two easy ones.
Ohhhh Myyyyy Bob son. I'm am in heaven right now. I am a green thumb and have always wanted to grow these. Thank U, Thank U, Thank U 4 teaching me this. Imma have to show U when I grow some 😊
Thank you! I’d love to hear how yours do!!
Thanks for the great video. I'm in northwest Florida and we have Red Maples here. I'm going to give this a try.
Thanks so much for giving the video a check and I'm glad you enjoyed it!! You'll have to let me know how it goes with your Red Maples. I appreciate the support and for you subscribing to the channel - cheers!
@@theidahopanhandlers I sure will. Here in northwest Florida, Red Maples are some of the only brilliant Fall/early Winter colors we get.
Nice 👍 job… I came across your video looking for info on transplanting young maple trees… I have a bunch of young maple trees 🤷♀️3-5 yrs old that are too close to the house foundation & I want to transplant them to my driveway also .. I’m elderly & not good health but want to SAVE THESE BEAUTIES vs cutting them all down… they are all healthy mostly 4-6 ft tall .. my question is do you think that I could just dig slightly to remove & transplant them? What I’ve done in the past when I was healthy myself was replant from tiny growth to my whiskey barrel flower pots outdoors and all pretty much made it … then they can be planted wherever you want… my problem is my current ability to get this job done… I live in New Hampshire… ty in advance for any reply
so basically taking seed that have already sprouted to grow. there are some Japanese maples in the parking lot of a supermarket near me. Not sure if I could find seedlings there. Even seed pods seem scarce, but I will go looking later in October :)
Thanks. I have a silver maple tree in my backyard. A really huge one. I’ll have to try this out.
Awesome! I hope the technique works for you. Thanks for watching!
To give you a follow up. It’s been 2 weeks now of these samaras falling from my tree. I took my 9 year old nephew out to try your method, he loves this stuff, but I think the birds beat us to it. I got a few. The birds love to eat these seeds even before they fall onto the ground. They literally remove them right from the pod. So I was left with slim pickings but I found some.
Don't you need to poke a hole on the yogart cup for drainage?
What kind of maple tree do I have it kind of brown colored
Great video and advice. My Dad gave me a Sycamore Maple sapling in 2000 just like one of yours. We put it in a pot and it's grown well over the years. I let it grow very tall to about 12-14 feet then finally cut it to 2 feet this May. In that time, the trunk has thickened up nicely and now I can grow it in a large pot. I even have it in some of my latest YT videos on my channel recovering from the major cut. All the best :)
Hey James! Sorry for taking so long to reply. I have a second YT channel and it’s been my main focus as of late. That is awesome! It’s kind of funny how the trees can become sentimental like that. I’m trying to get a vision in my head as to how your tree looks after cutting it from 12-14’ and down to 2’. I’m sure it looks interesting! I’ll be sure to check it out. Thanks so much for watching and for the comment!
Cool stuff! Do you keep them indoors for the winter?
Thank you! No I don't keep them indoors for the winter. It didn't take long for them to grow, and so they could have gone outside. Unfortunately, the spider mites got to them in the house, and I didn't know how to take care of them so that batch of Maples didn't make it. If mitigated properly, I definitely think they would've grown quite well!
Kinda tough to tell but the trunk looks more like Norway maple (invasive), not silver maple. I would plant natives along your driveway like Sugar or Black Maple. These two are also good for syrup production and have the best fall colors.
I thought so. The silver maple I had the trunk was different.
Silver maple roots are very invasive. If you have a concrete driveway, they will ‘lift’ the concrete.
Nice video. I just subscribed and looked for a follow up video but don't see one. Is there one? I'm about to go find some seed pods from my trees. I don't think they are maples but they drop the pods and I have to pull them out of my flower beds all the time all the time.
Thanks so much for the sub and for checking out the video! Unfortunately I never made one. The trees all did really well for a few weeks after I made the video, but they developed spider mites in our house and none of them made it. At the time, I was unaware of what was going on and had I sprayed the plants with an appropriate treatment they probably could have been saved. As mentioned I am no arborist or plant specialist, but I don't believe that the spider mites were a product of this process.. I think if I tried again this year.. which I may do then they'll be just fine. I'm sure yours will too! If it works you'll have to let me know as I'm curious! Thanks again.
I have seedlings throughout my yard and just wait til they get a certain size pull them up and place in pot. I one nice size one and either a deer or rabbit came along and chopped all the leaves off each one. Now I need to find a new location to place the pots.
That's awesome! So kind of the same technique here, but you just place the roots in the dirt? You may be on to something then. Aha it definitely sounds like you may need to find a new place for the pots. Thanks so much for watching the video!!
Be safe brother!!
Do you leave them outside during the winter or keep them inside? What pot should they be in if you leave em outside?
Depends on your zone - I would look up maple tree zones to see if it should come inside based on your location. I'm in 8b and I left mine baby outside last year and it was ok.
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Yes. Like he said in the video, squirrels like to dig them up. Leaving them outside over the winter shouldn't hurt them.
BUT, what will hurt them (in my experience) are the squirrels and some birds.
Putting a "cage" of chicken pen wire over and around them or screen, will help keep the varmints out of them!
These seeds appear to be Norway Maple tree seeds! I grew one almost 20 years ago and have it in a LARGE clay pot and it's STILL doing fine!! It just lost it's colorful leaves and is dormant until next Spring! :-)
I live in east-central Pennsylvania btw. ;-)
That is awesome! I’ll admit that maple identification isn’t my strong suit so a big thanks to you for correcting me and for properly identifying it! It’s a beautiful tree for sure. Thanks so much for the view, the comment, and for subscribing!
@@theidahopanhandlers My pleasure!! While it's not a native of the United States, it was planted along city and town streets because of the dense shade it provides! I remember as a young boy how much I grew to LOVE Norway Maple!! I was fascinated (and still am) about how they germinate in late Winter/early Spring and it's SO COOL to see them sticking up with the winged seed shell pushing up and how the seed leaves (cotyledons) unroll as they push up and out of the shell! Glad I could identify them for you! They are SO COMMON over here in Pennsylvania. I gathered a pile of them in the Fall and have them in the 'fridge for cold-moist stratification! 🙂
Hello I have one in my home under a grow light it's now about 8 inches tall. I can't plant it til next summer so I'm looking for tip on how to keep it alive for the next 12 months? @@johnifly
Can I pick a Samaras off the tree or do I have to wait for them to drop? The reason I ask is because every Samaras I find on the ground, where the seed should be, feels completely flat. It's only when I pick them from the tree, do I feel the seed inside
Hmm.. I'll be honest man I'm not positive on that one. You may be able to pick the samara off the tree, extract the seed, and then grow it from there. I believe that's the stratification process. Maybe RUclips search some videos on that and you may find something? Sorry I couldn't be more help, but thanks for watching!
@@theidahopanhandlers Ok... I'll keep searching. Thanks for the quick reply!
@@danieldevito6380 you betcha! Good luck. Would love to have you as a subscriber to the channel if interested! Thanks again.
@@theidahopanhandlers Already subbed
I thought they were called helicopters lol
Do you have a 1 yr update on your maple trees?
Hi there. Sorry for taking a few days to get back to you. Unfortunately I never made a video with an update. The trees all did really well for a few weeks after I made the original video, but they developed spider mites in our house and none of them made it. At the time, I was unaware of what was going on and had I sprayed the plants with an appropriate treatment they probably could have been saved. As mentioned I am no arborist or plant specialist, but I don't believe that the spider mites were a product of this process. Thanks for watching!
Well… these have probably stratified over winter. The ones that are Germinating have probably been under the tree for quite some time in the weather. New ones might have fallen on top, but it would probably be older ones under them that have been there from the previous fall that are germinating
You’re probably right. It’s April and I’m already finding some that are sprouting so there’s no doubt they’re from last year. Thanks for pointing that out! It makes a lot of sense.
Would you have 4 tree sprouts for sale
I do not, I’m sorry!
silver maple has syrup?
Yes not quite like a sugar maple but yes it still taste good
Boxelder have kind seeds
Yea 1000 s come up
That only works if you have a maple tree already.
You SURE those are maple trees?? Those don't look like maple leafs
Nothing but a mess and clogged gutters and drains. Don't plant these by a house. You'll regret it.