So, I ordered a red dragon weeping maple from amazon
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moving101
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Posted 8:34 pm, 07/09/2013
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When the sun hits it just right, it's easy to tell how it got its name. Brilliant bright red. You'll have to wait till I get home for a pic. Ashamed to say I don't carry one with me at all times...like I do the other "children". 
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OpenCasket
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Posted 8:30 pm, 07/09/2013
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Honestly I think they're a little more rare than the bloodgood, they're fairly common.
But yeah, they're beautiful. Is yours bright red? I need pics.
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OpenCasket
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Posted 8:29 pm, 07/09/2013
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I whip mine 3 times a day.
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moving101
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Posted 8:28 pm, 07/09/2013
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Your keen sense of observation never ceases to amaze me!
I have a Jap. Bloodgood. It has beautiful red leaves spring thru fall. Doesn't weep though. Guess it has nothing to cry about because I take such good care of it!
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OpenCasket
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Posted 8:21 pm, 07/09/2013
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Well, they're both maples. 
Probably some color variation.
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moving101
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Posted 7:34 pm, 07/09/2013
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Red dragon...is that anything like a Japanese Bloodgood Maple?
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OpenCasket
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Posted 4:39 pm, 07/09/2013
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Note: Keep Satan away from my tree.
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Satan
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Posted 4:33 pm, 07/09/2013
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spray it with roundup ,it'll quit weeping
(if it dont hit it with the weed eater) friggn immature trees 
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diesel and dust
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Posted 2:34 pm, 07/09/2013
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They are right. The shoots, called "water sprouts", will sap nutrients from the grafted portion. Those need to be pruned from the rootstock.
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OpenCasket
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Posted 2:16 pm, 07/09/2013
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Cool, thanks for the link, and also the other guy, I was thinking the same thing. It could potentially rob the graft and slow its growth.
Shea thinks it's pretty 
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luvluvluvley
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Posted 2:15 pm, 07/09/2013
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And the "sucker" may revert the tree back to the kind it was before it was grafted
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luvluvluvley
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Posted 2:12 pm, 07/09/2013
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I agree with 2wheeled, I would cutoff the new growth if its below the graft line...it's like a "sucker"
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2wheeledterror
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Posted 2:07 pm, 07/09/2013
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Cut all new growth shoots that appear below the graft line. They will have different characteristics than the grafted portion, plus it'll deflect energy from the top growth.
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OpenCasket
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Posted 1:59 pm, 07/09/2013
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haha, Thanks, it's a monster.
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gobabygo
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Posted 1:58 pm, 07/09/2013
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Don't know about the tree, but your squash are beautiful..
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OpenCasket
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Posted 1:48 pm, 07/09/2013
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It's a 2 year graft, meaning it was grafted to a different root system. The part it was grafted to seems to be having new growth.
My question is should I cut off the new growth from the part it was grafted to?
The red dragon weeping maples http://i.imgur.com/IhFAt24.jpg
The new growth from the graft itself http://i.imgur.com/OTIC7MZ.jpg
Should I trim this off? My first time growing a tree that has been grafted
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