I have pruned the older trees that were to large to fit in the frame and I will start to style the ones ready for bonsai training.
Notes:
With the fact that my daughter mixed all of the maple seeds (with the best of intentions) gathered last year and then some grew stronger than others I am still in the dark about which trees produced the best seeds.
I have produced a database and accompanying map of the trees I harvested from last year and will update the database with any new trees as well as the status of their individual seed prospects.
I will not be using a cold frame this year to cover the seeds but instead use a 4 mil clear sheet to cover the seed bed in an effort to keep off the elements and animals but with the hope of not having to build another cold frame. We will see how that goes.
I will be planting the seeds this year in a much more deliberate fashion in an attempt to prevent the large amount of collision between root systems of the seedlings.
This coming year I will be using only a soaker hose to water the seedlings as last year the overhead watering I feel damaged the way the plants grew. There tended to be a very crooked base for all of the plants that were beat down.
