As we approach the end of August I thought it would be interesting to see how you were getting on with this cultivar..The short bursts of hot weather here in the UK rather than prolonged periods of baking sun has helped a bit. My Tsuma Gaki only gets about 2hours of direct sun each day…yet it still resembles a JM in October!
I think Tsuma Gaki is one of the most difficult maple to keep healthy until autumn, at least here. This year, I confess I used a chemical treatment after budbreak, just once, and it's not perfect but it looks much better at this time of the year.
Mine is too shy to pose for a photograph. Alain saw it this past WE, we can call the state: embarrassing. ;)
Your TG always seems to be a deeper green than mine, mine always leafs out a pale yellow/green..mine gets only an hour or two sun too. Both appear to suffer with spotting later in the summer - tbh I think it’s probably impossible to avoid it
One decent sized branch failed to leaf out this year, (dead buds) and it looked really ropy, so I decided to chop it. Otherwise, it appears healthy.
That sounds a good plan, to be honest, I’ve never seen a large planted specimen! I mentioned on here several years ago that I rescued mine from a nursery in a right state. It put on steady growth in a half whiskey barrel pot over the last 5 years with only a dash of direct sunlight in a super protected position. It’s now about 5 foot wide by 4foot with the truck base at the root fair being about 6 or 7 inches across. I’d really would like to repot it and refresh the soil but given all the buds on a half inch thick branch died I’m reluctant to disturb it too much! Maybe I’ll gently dig some loose soil off and put some home compost on top
Tsuma gaki Aocha yo beni seki Tsuma beni I think I've had them all around the same amount of time. All grown in pots. I will try to keep an closer eye on these to tell the difference between them.
C'mon man. :) Dude is showing off superior skills! I have to say, I have a huge amount of long-lasting tsume type seedlings just now, here's one. These appear to be much stronger than Tsume-gaki, anyway. (I don't have -beni, but I guess it's less yellow and a bit tougher?). They come in various shades of green to yellow, with finger nails of various sizes and depths of red. This one is pretty carnelian. Oddly, they mostly seem to come from 'Hiryu', don't know why that would be. Maybe a neighbor parent. I'll probably try a few in the garden to see how they do. The nails last as long as Tsume-gaki, some are about as contrasted.
