It needs to be refrigerated or put in a cold garage or outdoors for at least 8 weeks a year for dormancy, ideally during the same time that it's winter outside so that it aligns with the day length cycle. Maples are one of the groups of plants that need to have a cold dormancy or they eventually die.
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Jul 26, 2018 · 1 Answer. The standard dormancy temperature in research is below 40F/5C. Many species then have a bud chilling requirement, an accumulated ...
Nov 28, 2015 · I think this is attributed to a mid October heat spike that crispified some leaves. I'm concerned that the tree will not enter dormancy. From ...
Dec 25, 2016 · Yes, you need temperatures in the 2-4C range for at least 1000 hours to effect a proper dormancy. The tree will live without but it will ...
Jan 10, 2024 · As long as a Japanese maple is dormant, it can handle temperatures even as low as zero degrees. However, we often have stretches of warm ...
Said another way, if a dormant maple has not been exposed to very much cold weather it will take a greater amount of warm weather to break bud then if the same.
Nov 16, 2021 · It really depends how cold it gets where you live, leaving it outside in a pot like this to freeze solid can potentially kill it.
Jan 13, 2023 · Usually japanese maples do fine because we are at high elevations (7,400 ft) so the weather is cold this time of the year. The problems is that ...
Dec 8, 2020 · It is absolutely crucial that the trees get a dormant period. Not getting the cold weather to go dormant and being under grow lights all winter ...
Aug 15, 2018 · The important thing is to keep them cold once they're dormant, because if the garage or shed warms up and they break dormancy in January, you ...