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Acer palmatum seedling

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
I'm growing an acer palmatum from seed.
Are you supposed to pinch them out?
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    I wouldn't.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Then I won't either. Thank you @Silver surfer😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I get lots of seedlings in the ground under my P. Dissectum.
    Now and then I pot one up, but they grow so very slowly and spindly I lose interest after a year or so.
    Some of the seedlings look identical to the parent plant, others don't have the finely dissected leaves.
    I agree best not to pinch out and keep pruning to a minimum.
    They seem to know themselves how to grow into their much admired shape.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've just rescued one and potted it up - out of interest really. I'm not in any rush.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    At the beginning, decide what size and shape you want.  Do whatever is needed to achieve that.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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