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Woodspliter

Burning Hunk
Jan 25, 2020
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Maine
Not really sure where I should post this kinda off topic for this forum I suppose, but as my back yard expansion is continuing. I have decided to cut down my beloved maple in the back yard so I thought I'd give this a try and seen if I have any luck. I cut about a dozen branch tips off to see if I can get then to root in turn giving this ol tree new life. Has anyone attempted this and got good results?
 

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Wow. I was just thinking of this today.

My late parents planted many of the trees around here, but I am losing some of them to a road expansion (if I don't end up losing the house too). I always wondered if I could regrow a sibling off the parent.

Great thread.
 
Did you use rooting hormone? I think its Auxin if my bio background serves me correct...works great with some plants
 
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Hard or soft maple? I have cut sycamore limbs and drove them in the river bank to hold up catfish poles and came back several weeks later to find new leaves on them. My grandpa grew a weeping willow tree this way as well in his yard. Im Interested if it works for a hard maple.
 
Its been five days and the buds are all dried and dead, but the leaf's are growing! Looks promising. I'll give it another week and I'll check to see if see and roots going
 

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