Good video and advice. My Dad gave me a Maple sapling in 2000 which we potted up and it's grown nicely over the years. I let it grow to about 12-14 feet which thickened up the trunk nicely. This May, I cut it down to 2 feet leaving one side branch and it sent out 5 more branches and looks really healthy. I even have it in some of my YT videos since May showing how fast the recovery happened.
Thanks for this video. I have a few Silver maples from seed as Bonsais. One I air layered is beautiful. Now I've harvested some Red maple seed from a neighbor. Planted some last week and soaking a few more today. Maybe total of 30 or so. Will see how many germinate. I start trees from seed and pass them out to friends. The Bible says in Genesis 3:9 that God made to grow from the Garden of Eden every tree desirable to ones sight and good for food. The Maple fits that description in full. The seeds taste like Snow or Sugar snap peas when fresh. And so easy to grow. Take good care of yourself. Love the videos. Karl
hi! I'm from Brazil and bought some sugar maple seeds from Canada. I put half directly in the soil and another half in the refrigerator for 5 months. The seeds I put direcly in the soil didnt germinate. But today morning I checked the other 12 seeds I kept in the refrigerator and 8 of them germinated. Brazil is a tropical country and I am amazed that it strived until now. It was just an experience. By the way its autum here and 700 meters altitude in Sao Paulo. I also have a one year silver maple but now has a disease, leaves are dying...
Interesting! It does make sense that the ones in the fridge germinated better. Temperate trees can do weird things when put in a different environment, so I would suggest that you research/grow trees that are native to your area of the country as they will benefit wildlife more and overall do better than exotic temperate species. I hope to visit Brazil some day, there are many interesting native trees/plants there. Thank you for the comment and I wish you luck with the sugar maples!
You should get seeds from southeast of US, they deal better with warmer weather, also you need to make sure that they germinate on the spring time of Brazil, that is between September and December. I know because I live in Brazil and US, so when I can I make some experiments =)
Maples are not super particular about soil, they’re very adaptable and grow all over. I would just recommend a well draining but moisture retaining mixture. I personally use a blend of topsoil, aged mulch, and some compost, but they will adapt to anything
I’m not entirely sure about the fall color, I’m referring to Acer nigrum, which is a species of maple very similar to the sugar maple that grows in much wetter areas usually. The leaves usually have 3 lobes as well instead of 5 and are usually larger than the sugar maple
The ones that have burgundy/red leaves in the summer are Norway maples, specifically crimson king norway maples and royal red norway maples. The ones he is talking about called black maples, are native to Canada and USA.
Not really, the leaf petiole on red maples is the red part while the leaves stay green. I’ve never grown red maples from seed but it’s the same process of sowing in the springtime
The leaves turn, red, yellow, and combinations of each in the fall. They can be bright red, brilliant firey red, raspberry red....all yellow, yellow with red spots, etc.... the leaves have red stems too. When I was young, I made maple syrup from red and silver maple trees in Pennsylvania. I collected between 45 and 50 gallons of maple water (sap) from those trees to make almost one gallon of syrup.
I am currently trying to grow black maples from seed. With little luck! I bought a young sugar maple tree, which is growing well, but slowly. It is growing in a warmer low altitude environment now, and seems to be doing well (at about 8 years old). Granted.... they would do better at a higher elevations (above 2000 feet above sea level). But so far so good. We'll see how the black maple will do if I can get those seeds to germinate. I am currently living in Virginia, where it's warmer than Pennsylvania.
Exactly the information I was looking for. Clear, concise, informative.
Good video and advice. My Dad gave me a Maple sapling in 2000 which we potted up and it's grown nicely over the years. I let it grow to about 12-14 feet which thickened up the trunk nicely. This May, I cut it down to 2 feet leaving one side branch and it sent out 5 more branches and looks really healthy. I even have it in some of my YT videos since May showing how fast the recovery happened.
Thanks for this video. I have a few Silver maples from seed as Bonsais. One I air layered is beautiful. Now I've harvested some Red maple seed from a neighbor. Planted some last week and soaking a few more today. Maybe total of 30 or so. Will see how many germinate. I start trees from seed and pass them out to friends. The Bible says in Genesis 3:9 that God made to grow from the Garden of Eden every tree desirable to ones sight and good for food. The Maple fits that description in full. The seeds taste like Snow or Sugar snap peas when fresh. And so easy to grow. Take good care of yourself. Love the videos. Karl
hi! I'm from Brazil and bought some sugar maple seeds from Canada. I put half directly in the soil and another half in the refrigerator for 5 months. The seeds I put direcly in the soil didnt germinate. But today morning I checked the other 12 seeds I kept in the refrigerator and 8 of them germinated. Brazil is a tropical country and I am amazed that it strived until now. It was just an experience. By the way its autum here and 700 meters altitude in Sao Paulo. I also have a one year silver maple but now has a disease, leaves are dying...
Interesting! It does make sense that the ones in the fridge germinated better. Temperate trees can do weird things when put in a different environment, so I would suggest that you research/grow trees that are native to your area of the country as they will benefit wildlife more and overall do better than exotic temperate species. I hope to visit Brazil some day, there are many interesting native trees/plants there. Thank you for the comment and I wish you luck with the sugar maples!
You should get seeds from southeast of US, they deal better with warmer weather, also you need to make sure that they germinate on the spring time of Brazil, that is between September and December. I know because I live in Brazil and US, so when I can I make some experiments =)
Where did you leave the pot of hard maple seeds through the winter? Inside or outside? Thank you!
Just outside, the winter cold should naturally stratify them.
My huge boxelder maple tree is dropping seeds everywhere.m so I’m gonna try grow some.
i've been looking at all the maple tree growing from seed videos on YT and not one person goes over the type of soil to use or a good recipe
Maples are not super particular about soil, they’re very adaptable and grow all over. I would just recommend a well draining but moisture retaining mixture. I personally use a blend of topsoil, aged mulch, and some compost, but they will adapt to anything
When is the best time to sow seeds for Zone 8? Thank you.
Just whenever you can get them as long as it’s before your winter
Today I picked seeds from Sugar Maple. But I don't know when to plant them? How to survive the winter before planting?@@SeedGreed
thanks Sam!
Great video.... I'm trying to grow Black Maples. Stratification has been an issue.
In my experience just leaving them outside over the winter is enough, they’re fairly early germinators compared to most of what I grow
do you just put the seeds of the hard maples in the ground or do you also put the "wing" in the ground?
You can do either, but with the wing is less work, that’s what I did here. No major difference in germination that I’ve seen
Are you calling the maple that stays that real dark red, or burgundy color all summer, a black maple?
I’m not entirely sure about the fall color, I’m referring to Acer nigrum, which is a species of maple very similar to the sugar maple that grows in much wetter areas usually. The leaves usually have 3 lobes as well instead of 5 and are usually larger than the sugar maple
The ones that have burgundy/red leaves in the summer are Norway maples, specifically crimson king norway maples and royal red norway maples. The ones he is talking about called black maples, are native to Canada and USA.
Do red maples start off Green then turn red?
Not really, the leaf petiole on red maples is the red part while the leaves stay green. I’ve never grown red maples from seed but it’s the same process of sowing in the springtime
The leaves turn, red, yellow, and combinations of each in the fall.
They can be bright red, brilliant firey red, raspberry red....all yellow, yellow with red spots, etc.... the leaves have red stems too.
When I was young, I made maple syrup from red and silver maple trees in Pennsylvania. I collected between 45 and 50 gallons of maple water (sap) from those trees to make almost one gallon of syrup.
I am currently trying to grow black maples from seed. With little luck!
I bought a young sugar maple tree, which is growing well, but slowly. It is growing in a warmer low altitude environment now, and seems to be doing well (at about 8 years old). Granted.... they would do better at a higher elevations (above 2000 feet above sea level).
But so far so good.
We'll see how the black maple will do if I can get those seeds to germinate.
I am currently living in Virginia, where it's warmer than Pennsylvania.
Did not show the seed or anything thing else but basic facts about planting any seed. Not very informative.
your blabbing is just blabb ,nothing about planting seeds!!!!!!!!!!!
If you don't have the patience to sit through a 6 minute video then you definitely don't have the patience to grow trees