View Potting Soil Japanese Maple
Pictures. Japanese maples grown in containers need fed more often. As a collector of japanese maples for decades, and being one that enjoys growing most of them in pots here in my southern california gardens, i learned that the single most important factor in growing healthy japanese maples in containers or pots is the soil.
Emperor One Japanese Maple Naturehills Com from www.naturehills.com
The soil should allow good drainage but still retain moisture. Find new growth on the tree and. Maples grown in pots and containers do not retain moisture as well as mapless grown in the ground.
The soil should allow good drainage but still retain moisture.
Japanese maples prefer a slightly acidic soil so potting compost for rhododendrons, azaleas or ericaceous plants is suitable. Essentially, any japanese maple (acer palmatum) can be grown in a container, however, some will outgrow their pots more quickly than others. I took it home and planted it in my we live in tn and r blessed with hard clay soil. We have a maple tree which is living in clay soil.
