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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-244C650D-A8D9-4C98-87DE-5447842114E6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you both. I see I will be better off collecting maple seeds this Fall.= My mother sweeps buckets of Red Maple seeds off her driveway in Bridgewate= r so I have an easy source. At the moment she is taking her broom to the pil= es of red flowers from these trees. For some reason the dog finds them irres= istable treats. Nectar? Nancy Sent from my iPad > On May 8, 2017, at 4:15 PM, David Simpson <david.sonsimp@gmail.com> wrote:= >=20 > I haven't propagated red maple specifically, but attempted to do so with s= ugar maples this winter. I forwent the use of rooting horomone, just 'cause.= I clipped the whips in late March, and stuck them directly in pots with soi= l. Kept them moist and inside my home. The leaves emerged from the buds imme= diately, but quickly died away - the plants were doomed. When I pulled them f= rom the pot, roughly one month after planting, no roots had formed.=20 >=20 > I'm new to this business, but I think hardwoods are better propagated in f= all, so the roots have time to establish before the leaves and flowers emerg= e from the buds.=20 >=20 >=20 > Dave in Dartmouth >=20 > David Simpson > (902) 580 8007 > david.sonsimp@gmail.com >=20 >> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:46 PM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:= >> I am wondering if anyone has tried this and has any helpful advice. I hav= e clipped off a bunch of small (~5mm diameter) red maple suckers coming up f= rom the base of a tree. Right now they are in a bucket of water. Should I po= Ke them in the ground as is or allow them to sprout roots first? >>=20 >> I am trying to fill a bare area where red maples had been before it had t= o be dug up. >>=20 >> Nancy >> E Dalhousie, Kings Co. >> Sent from my iPad >=20 --Apple-Mail-244C650D-A8D9-4C98-87DE-5447842114E6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Thank you both. I see I will be better= off collecting maple seeds this Fall. My mother sweeps buckets of Red= Maple seeds off her driveway in Bridgewater so I have an easy source. At th= e moment she is taking her broom to the piles of red flowers from these tree= s. For some reason the dog finds them irresistable treats. Nectar?</div><div= id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Nancy<br= ><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On May 8, 2017, at 4:15 PM, David Simps= on <<a href=3D"mailto:david.sonsimp@gmail.com">david.sonsimp@gmail.com</a= >> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">I h= aven't propagated red maple specifically, but attempted to do so with sugar m= aples this winter. I forwent the use of rooting horomone, just 'cause. I cli= pped the whips in late March, and stuck them directly in pots with soil. Kep= t them moist and inside my home. The leaves emerged from the buds immediatel= y, but quickly died away - the plants were doomed. When I pulled them from t= he pot, roughly one month after planting, no roots had formed. <div><br= ></div><div>I'm new to this business, but I think hardwoods are better propa= gated in fall, so the roots have time to establish before the leaves and flo= wers emerge from the buds. <br></div><div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail= _extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail= =3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D= "ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div styl= e=3D"font-size:small"><i style=3D"color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:large">Dave i= n Dartmouth</i></div><div style=3D"font-size:small"><i style=3D"color:rgb(25= 5,0,0);font-size:large"><br></i></div><div><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><font c= olor=3D"#000000" size=3D"2">David Simpson</font></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><font= color=3D"#000000" size=3D"2">(902) 580 8007</font></div><div><font color=3D= "#000000" size=3D"2"><a href=3D"mailto:david.sonsimp@gmail.com" target=3D"_b= lank">david.sonsimp@gmail.com</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>= </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:46 PM, nancy dowd <= span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blan= k">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_= quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e= x">I am wondering if anyone has tried this and has any helpful advice. I hav= e clipped off a bunch of small (~5mm diameter) red maple suckers coming up f= rom the base of a tree. Right now they are in a bucket of water. Should I po= Ke them in the ground as is or allow them to sprout roots first?<br> <br> I am trying to fill a bare area where red maples had been before it had to b= e dug up.<br> <br> Nancy<br> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.<br> Sent from my iPad<br> </blockquote></div><br></div></div> </div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-244C650D-A8D9-4C98-87DE-5447842114E6--
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