Young maple from the yard #1

A little more recovery, but all in all this was a brutal year for this once so lovely plant. I hope the august flush will revive it more. The deep pot with losts of organic parts should hold enough water so it doesn’t dry out again. Maybe I should have planted it in sphagnum moss straight away as it was drying out in May.

Small signs of recovery are visible. Some buds are opening - maybe it comes through. I really hope the heat damage can be overcome. Btw I’m very sorry for the bad photo skills - the upper part of the tree looks dark as if it’s already dead but it isn’t. I’m just bad with photography. Something I need to work on.

Today I came back from a weekend trip and noticed that the maple was badly burned by the extreme sun that we had over the last two days. I hope the roots haven’t dried out. Every single leave is dry but they still stick to the stem so there is hope that a defoliate could help it along. While I’m on it I’ve shorted the top as well and put it into a deeper pot with more soil so it hopefully comes through the summer with more moisture available.

The larger of the two survived my strange timing when I repotted it last year in November. In the early spring I took a bit of wire and gave is a subtile bend, but I forgot to take pictures, so it’s not on record. Still I wanted to at least mention it.