How To Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In The Ground
When you have filled the hole to the halfway point you can soak the soil.
How to plant a japanese maple tree in the ground. If you choose to plant in spring plant your Japanese maple as soon as you can work the soil. Dig a generous planting hole and incorporate some well-rotted organic matter. While Japanese maples will grow in most soils they prefer slightly acidic soil.
Position the plant ensuring its planted at the same depth it was in the pot backfill and firm in. When growing Japanese maples in pots choose a tree or shrub compost or a loam-based compost such as John Innes no 2. Stake larger specimens for support.
Also plants under stress are more likely to develop diseases and insect damage. Mulch with a 10cm 4in layer of garden compost or mulching bark. Japanese Acers can live to over 100 years so its worth taking extra care in selecting and planting your tree as it will hopefully be a lifetime.
Planting Amending The Soil Dwarf Japanese maples struggle in overly wet or hard soils. This mix will provide good drainage combined with good water and nutrient holding capacity. Dont plant in extremely wet soil however or the disturbed soil looses its texture and hardens into the gardens version of concrete.
Our plant-loving partner Monrovia offers some foundational tips for getting started in your gardenSubscribe to Lowes YouTube. Consisting 40 fine silt or sand usually your native soil 20 peat moss and 40 organic compost. Japanese maples in the ground are usually fully hardy but container-grown trees should be placed on pot feet or brick and the.
I recommend a loose media. Amending the planting hole with a 5050 mix of compost and soil will help tremendously with drainage. Plant a maple when the air and soil are cool to promote root growth.