Water well the day before if it's been warm, then use a long trowel or narrow gardener's spade to lift them. Give them some shade and regular water for several days following lifting. My soil is amended clay; I find self sown seedlings will often establish better root systems if I pot the seedlings for several months before planting back into the garden. Are these this year's seedlings? I have pots in both 4 x 5" and 4 x 9" sizes for root growth - I wouldn't go any more shallow than 5" for a tree seedlings.

Thank you so much for your help. I have probably a 1/2 dozen of these guys coming up, all this years seedlings. Is potting soil ok to use in the pots??

Will these little seedlings be identical to the parent?

maryleek_AR_z7

I transfer them all the time from underneathe my 'Bloodgood'. They are more rugged than you would think 'Bloodgood' will come "true" from seed, but some varieties will not.

I have a beautiful cutting (about 3 ft long) accidentally broken from my Acer circinatum "Vine Maple" (red trunk). I canÂt let it go :>. Do I have a chance to propagate it?

PA grower, don't move them until they have a second set of leaves, keep the small root ball together if at all possible.

Maryleek, see below

Brenda, an open pollinated 'Bloodgood' will only be the SAME is if its grafted, budded, and rooted cuttings. Evan though the seedlings may grow and look like the parent, it can't be called 'Bloodgood'. Sorry! "A seedling from Bloodgood" is more in keeping with facts.

Rochl, no,

they can be rooted, but here deep in dixie, they will only be short lived

Hi -- a new member here --

wanted to ask about the best way to propogate or root the seedlings from "threadeaf" Japanese Maple. I have about 7 or 8 that I found on my mother in law's tree, and wanted to try to root. I know it's not the easiest thing to do, but thought that having the seedlings would be a good start. I also have a "coral bark" JM with many seedlings I would like to try to root as well.

Any advice would be appreciated -- in the meantime, I will do some more research.

Thanks

I've dug up maybe 100 baby japanese maples-most have survived.I've now got 2 in my yard that are about 6 feet tall that I grew from these seedlings.They are stunning.I looked at a friends Japanese Maple yesterday that he gave 140.00 for-Mine look bettor!It is true that these seedlings won't be "True" to the parent-But,the genetic diversity that the seedlings have is amazing.The leaf shape,size and color are slightly different from each other.All of the babies look really nice-But there are always a few that look simply amazing.I've got a few seedlings that last year were maybe 4 inches tall-now are nearing 2 feet.I use a good potting soil,and start most of these seedlings under shade,and in a 4 inch pot.Give it a try-you have nothing to lose!