Red maple breeding methods are: choose soil, supplemental light, control water and fertilizer.

1, choose the soil

Red maple is suitable for growing in fertile and loose, permeable soil, in the process of planting, you can use organic matter rich, well-drained humus, you can also use humus, fine sand, and organic fertilizer mixture of soil, so that the red maple's root system grows more developed.

2, supplemental light

Red maple is a sun-loving plant, in the process of maintenance, you can put it in the sunny environment, so that the plant can be normal photosynthesis, to maintain their own growth, but in the summer of the higher temperature, the need for red maple shade, so as not to be burned by the strong light of the leaves and dry.

3, control water and fertilizer

Breeding red maple, need to strictly control its water and fertilizer. It is best to water the red maple when the soil is dry to keep the soil in a slightly moist state, and you can also provide diluted inorganic fertilizer for the red maple every half a month to improve the growth rate of the plant.

Red maple breeding precautions:

Breeding red maple, you can use loose breathable, well-drained humus or sandy soil, and will be placed in a sunny environment to maintain, so that the plant receives full sunlight, daily management of the red maple should be strict control of water and fertilizer, it is best to apply composite fertilizer every half a month, so that the plant can be healthy. The best thing is to apply fertilizer every half a month, so that the plant can grow healthily.

Morphological features and habits

Red maple, armour tree armour genus deciduous small trees. The tree is 2-4 meters high, the branches are mostly slender and smooth, purplish red. Leaves palmate, 5-7 y lobed, 5-10 centimeters in diameter, lobes ovate-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, margin heavily serrate.

Flowers in terminal corymbs, purple. Samaras, wings 2-3 cm long, obtuse angle between the two wings. When germinating in early spring, young leaves are bright red and densely covered with white soft hairs, the leaf blade spreads and then gradually falls off, and the leaf color also changes from bright to lavender or even dark green. Flowering period in April-May, fruit ripening period in October.

The red maple is a subtropical tree species, like moist, warm climate and cool environment, like light but avoid sun exposure, is a neutral shade species, more shade-tolerant, in summer, when the dry hot wind blowing will cause the edge of the leaf withered rolls, high-temperature sunburn will also damage the bark, hardy, north of the Yellow River, it is suitable for potted plants, the winter into the room is appropriate.

But spring and fall can also grow in full light. The soil requirements are not strict, suitable for growth in fertile, loose drainage, humus-rich acidic or neutral sandy loam, do not tolerate waterlogging.