名媛直播

Hello everyone! I'm new here, but not new to 名媛直播. I took a class on 名媛直播 25 years ago when I was in college and fell in love with the art. I had several trees going well, had to move to a different state, and they didn't survive the first winter there.
I have decided to get back into it again, and starting with a couple of young trees that I picked up locally. One is a Trident Maple, and I got it in a 4" square pot. I'd like to build up the trunk before doing any serious work on it, and I've read I should stick it in the ground to speed that process up. So to my questions....first, about how long can I expect to leave it in the ground to get a decent size base? Secondly, should I be pinching while it's in the ground, and should I be doing any preliminary shaping before planting, or just stick it in and let it do it's thing for a while?

Thanks for any advice! I'm excited to get going again, and still have all of my tools, notes and books from years ago, not to mention a few pots that I've been toting around for years.

Welcome.
You need about 3 preferably 4 years in the ground, but it depends on the country you are in and the weather conditions. I planted one 3 years ago, the first year it grew a little the second year about 1.5 metres the next year it went beserk, growing around 2.5 metres and I had to cut it back sooner than I wanted as it was getting too tall.The only problem with Trident is they have fleshy roots and do not like being frozen.
Geoff

Thanks for the reply Geoff! I am in the States, Northern California, so mild springs and fall, hot dry summers, and rain and sometimes freezing temps in the winter, but no snow here. I'm assuming I should cover it when the temp drops in the winter then, to below freezing?

I would think they will be ok, in pots it can be a problem, I don't protect from frost only from rain in winter.

Hi thee, sorry to just but in but i do have a tip, if you let it grow for that time you will see two canopies, one inner and one outer, the inne canopy is more branchy and more structured, the inner canopy is there as back up if the outer layer of growth or leaves get damaged. Then after several years you may just have to prune the outer layer to reveal the inner layer which is more structured. My teacher says that to miniaturize a tree you need to let ot grow, i know it sounds very contradictory but it works. Just a tip if you want it. You probably already know this.