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Nigel
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Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Stymie
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Joined: 18 Aug 2004
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Location: My head feels as though it's in a vice. S.Yorks.UK Zone 8a
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 Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: photo |
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Nigel.
You will find that the Sycamores (Acer pseudoplatanus) will have rather large leaves in comparison to a bonsai size. These will reduce somewhat by using bonsai techniques but will always seem a bit on the big side. At this rate, you'll have a hundred trees in pots before autumn.  Go for it. |
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Surrey John
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Location: Surrey, UK
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: photo |
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Nigel - welcome to BH. Your maple seedlings look lovely and will grow like wildfire. Did you need to obtain permission before you took them?
I don't know what the rules are where you found them, but it might be worth checking for the future.
Oh, and Stymie is right about the leaves - they do seem big, until you compare them with a fully grown maple in the wild then you'll see the difference. It's the same with conker trees.
Best wishes, SJ. |
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Nigel
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Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject: young maples |
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| The maples were on common ground, and when I first got them the leafs were about 6 inches. I was going to let them grow a bit, and later in the season put them into small flat pots, maybe make a group or mini forrest |
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emptyboxes
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Joined: 30 Sep 2007
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Location: west wales
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: photo |
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| i did the same thing too with uprooting some sycamores growing by the house. i guess if the bonsai is rather large then the leaves wouldnt look so out of place im guessing ? i have about 7 or 8 of them. |
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