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Grafting a Red Japanese Maple cutting.

11 years ago

Would it work if I grafted a Red Japanese maple cutting onto the roots of a sugar maple. In other words would it work if I took a soft wood cutting from a certain maple tree and graft it to the roots of another type of maple tree, would it still grow?

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
see link for understock ..

i dont have time to figure out your puzzle ...

find the latin name of the sugar.. and google it re: palmatum ???'s

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link
Mike Larkin
11 years ago
As Ken points out - no it would not work
Acer palmatium rootsock is needed for most Japanese Maple grafting.
Sugar Maple is Acer saccharan ( sp) and will not be compatible.
Propagation of japanes maples is not very easy.
Under PERFECT conditions cuttings may work, Grafting will get better results, but even with years of practice, greenhouse, heatpads and humidifer, I still only have about 50% sucess rate.

Go to You tube and seach for japanes maple grafting and see what is involved

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Design Ideas
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