Japanese Maple Grafting DVD, three people get it free!
Discover how to grow beautiful Japanese maples like this at home!
Acer palmatum Orido Nishiki
Lion’s Head Japanese Maple
Grafting your own Japanese maple trees really isn’t difficult to do once you know how. The actual act of grafting is easy, but there are a lot of little things that determine how successful you are in your efforts. Things like timing, temperature, how warm should the root stock be, how warm should the scion wood be, what time of the year is ideal for grafting etc.
Japanese maples are one of the most desired and intriguing plants in the plant kingdom. For us to be able to reproduce these beautiful creatures at will is pretty exciting.
In order to graft a Japanese maple tree the first thing you need are one or more seedlings that you can graft onto. The seedling that you use has to be in the same Japanese maple family as the desired variety that you are trying to create. Most Japanese maples are in the acer Palmatum family. Acer meaning a maple tree, Palmatum being a specific kind of Japanese maple.
Crimson Queen Japanese Maple
Japanese maples, or even Japanese red maples are quite easy to grow from seed. I am producing a new “How to DVD” in which I will not only teach you exactly how to grow Japanese maples from seed, but I will show you all the tricks to successfully graft these beautiful plants.
Grafting is a winter sport. Typically grafting is done in January and February. The seedling is stored outside where it is cold, then two to three weeks before you start grafting the seedling is move indoors where it is nice and warm, around 70 degrees. It takes 10 to 14 days for the dormant rootstock (seedling) to come out of dormancy. Once the rootstock starts to break dormancy, that’s the ideal time to make your graft.
The scion, which is just a fancy name for a cutting, is left outside, still attached to the tree from which it is going to be removed right up until the day that you are going to graft. In other words, on the day that you make your graft, you want the rootstock just coming out of dormancy, but the scion still very much dormant.
Sound confusing? I know it sounds that way, but it really is much simpler than that which is why we are making a DVD about this process
Three People Get this New DVD Absolutely Free!
Butterfly Japanese Maple
We are going to pick three people completely at random to receive one of these new DVDs free of charge. Just enter a comment below if you’d like to be considered for this give away. Winners will be notified by Email.
Interested?
I have access to tons of free rootstocks and scions so I would LOVE to get the dvd.
Paula,
We don’t sell any dvd’s any more. See this; http://japanesemaplelovers.com/how-to-graft-japanese-maple-trees/
I am just getting started and I am actually still in the planning stage but want to officially start this Winter with grafting! I need all the help I can get! Definitely count me in!!
Robert,
I highly recommend that join the members area, http://backyardgrowers.com/join, as soon as it opens again. Lots of grafting stock etc. available during the winter months.
Have been trying for years to grow from seeds right from tree ? . Not much luck ….would love to have a DVD ….im starting to think my being in Florida is the problem
Mickey,
You can learn to do both here; http://japanesemaplelovers.com/
I have started growing Japanese Maples from seed and would like to learn more about grafting please.
Lani,
See this http://japanesemaplelovers.com/how-to-graft-japanese-maple-trees/
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE DVD, ABOUT THE GRAFTING A JAPANESE CRIMSON TREE
Jose,
We no longer sell DVDs but there is a video in the University that covers grafting as well as just about every other kind of plant propagation you can imagine. https://mikesbackyardnursery.com/2015/10/backyard-nursery-tools-of-the-trade-things-to-turn-you-into-a-successful-grower/
I gave this systen a try last year on a very small scale (I am mobility impaired)and it works wery well. I have had very good luck and I thank you for making such a sure thing available to us
Pat,
You’re welcome and congrats on your grafting success.
where did you get your original japanese maple scions? thanks steve
Steve,
I collected all of my Japanese maple scions from trees in my landscape.
I would love a DVD
Question,
love you info.
I have Japanese small red maples, growing under the large tree from seeds.
about two feet tall or more.
its winter now jan 6th and would like to know when I can remove these trees and trans plant them… thank you. Charlie
Charlie,
You can move them anytime between now and early spring. Just make sure you move them before they start to leaf out.
Where can you get the rootstocks? Love your website
Becky,
Inside of our members area there are always Japanese maple root stock offered for sale from early winter until early spring.
My mother has a beautiful Red Lace Japaneese Maple.I would love to surprise her by planting or grafting another in the front garden which by the way is home to poison ivy .I don’t have the knowledge to graft the tree she has now grown this tree for 25 years,, that’s why I need to graft. Your DVD would be invaluable to me.
Thank you Peter Kozak
Would love to have the grafting DVD. My father used to do some grafting when I was a kid. Had a bosc pear on a Bartlett tree in the backyard.
I live in the south and great weather here for growing. I can’t wait to get started.
I’ve grown 5 Japanese Maples from seed so far and am going to plant more because I think they will be great sellers! Would love to know more about how to graft these lovely trees! Hope you pick me!
great stuff Mike.. love your vids
I’ve grown about fifteen or twenty from seed and would love to use them for grafting. Love your emails. Thanks.
Mike, if you don’t pick me to receive one of those amazing jewels, can you reveal whre U bouthe them so I can order a couple? Do you have a coral bark jap map? foilage is brillliant green and the brown bark turns red in the fall-winter.
Hi Mike, Started work as a gardener two days after leaving school at the age of fifteen at our local cemetery. This was were l got the bite for gardening, the smells, watching seedlings l had planted grow. It has been in my blood ever since. I am now 64 years old and it has never left me, if anything the bite has gotten bigger. I got my first ACER fivers ago, l must have done something right as it is doing so well a beautiful bush some seven feet tall now. I have this year bought another five different Acers,I am now besotted with them and would love to learn all l possible could about grafting these beautiful bushes. Would just love to win one of your FREE DVDs on this subject. I live in the North of England, Middlesbrough they say if you can live up here you can live any where in the world as it so cold most of the time. Thank you for letting me enter this competition Mike.
Thanks for everything, how can I by DVD?
Vardan,
Details on the now complete DVD are here. http://freeplants.com/graft-japanese-maples.html
I have appreciated your you tube videos so much. It turns out I have my Dad’s green thumb, I just started a little later! Seeing what I can grow or propagate has been so much fun. Thank you for the wealth of “easy-to-understand,” information that you share with all of us!
I love having Japanese Maple Trees coming up from seed all on their own in our from yard.
Hi Mike, Your info is great and I have kept all your emails, ordered your $47 program but it seems so overwhelming and I can’t find the motivation to start! You make it sound easy… At this point I am very frustrated. I enjoy planting and of course enjoy making some cash yet I feel frozen when it comes to beginning it all, sounds ridiculous right?. I have plenty of acreage and believe I would do very well (even though you do not need the land) so wish me luck in reading everything over yet again and this time actually starting.
L.
Your comments to me are not at all unusual. Lots of people feel that way. Think really, really small, one square foot, then then next, then the next. If you do that you’ll find these very simple and easy to do. I don’t normally tell me to think smaller, but when you are just starting out it makes it much easier to manage mentally. Worst mistake at all you can make is to do nothing, or try and get your head around the whole thing at one time. Take it one small bite at a time. -Mike McGroarty http://freeplants.com/wanted.htm
Thanks for the chance to win a DVD, watching your videos I feel like I’ve already won. You have so much knowledge about the plant world, everyone in your audience is a winner just by watching ! Thanks again Mike
Thanks Jim,
I truly appreciate your kind comments.
I love the art of grafting trees! Its so exciting!. Ive never been able to successfully accomplish it myself but the thought of it fascinates me. I cant wait until the day that I successfully graft my first tree :}
I grew a beautiful weeping Jap Maple (variety Dissectum) once. Absolutely stunning !!!
Thank you for all your free information. Not many people like you to help us out without a charge. I know it is a little late but I have my Japanese Maple seed soaking getting ready to plant. Thanks again for all your information
Enter me into the draw, if it’s not too late. It would be great to get the DVD.
Truly the most desirable plant in any landscape!
I hope the selection is random and not who puts the best marshmallows in the hot chocolate, so put me in for the free DVD. But whatever, thanks for all the giving to us plant grower Mike.
Duane, the selection truly is random. The three winners have been notified. Thanks for asking.
One of my favorite trees along with dogwoods. Didn’t know you could graft them, or grow from seed.
I have three, two in containers. How long can they be in a container before transplanting into the yard?
Would like a copy of your DVD to learn how. Thanks for the opportunity.
Helen
Helen,
You can keep a plant in a container indefinitely as long as it is happy. Containers must be fertilized, but very carefully, they must be watered, but especially for Japanese maples they can’t be too wet. And if you’re in a colder zone they really should be planted for more winter protection. My contention is that plants are always happier and safer in the ground.
mike you have the best cite on the internet it has realy helped me have a great garden thanks a million
Thanks Bill, I appreciate you saying that.
Do you have any DVD’s for sale at this time?
Benito, the DVD is now for sale on this site.
I love to grow Japanese Maples. I have at least 7 in my small apartment type garden. I need several more. Any help would be appreciated!!
I have tried to grow them from seed and have had no luck. Any suggestions?
Walt Kowalik
Walter, you can find a link to detailed instructions on growing from seed here: http://www.freeplants.com/growing-japanese-red-maples.htm
Awesome! 45 japanese maple seedlings sprouted a couple years ago, and they’re ready for my first grafting.
Kevin, nice job on the seedlings!
I would love this DVD, my daughter has a lovely Japanese Maple in her yard that I would love to have a grafting of. Thanks Mike for all of your tips and knowledge, I am sure that when I retire I would love to become a backyard gardener.
Thanks
I would love to win your DVD. Hope I get picked! Grafting is very cool!
How cool!!! I have 6 different kinds of Japanese Maples and I would love to learn how to properly graft them. Thank you for all of the tips…great site!!!
i love japanese maples ,only been able to afford one.i would love to be able to graft some of these trees
Count me in this sounds terrific
I always thought that Japanese Maples look like they were soft and fuzzy. I especially like the ones with feather like leaves.
If the picking is random, I may have as good a chance as any. Please count me in as having hope!
Love Japanese Maples. There is a Japanese Maple nursery about 15 min from our lake house. She has a tremendous selection of maples, various colors, leaf shapes, and sizes, but some are quite pricey. I would love to learn how to graft maples myself through your instructional DVD. Thank you for all the gardening knowledge you share with your readers.
Many thanks,
Kitty
Beautiful. My favorites. Can’t have enough of them.
Always wanted to learn how to propagate them. But not for sale. Old Persian poet Omar Khayam says: “Poor the ones who sell wine. Because for the money they get there is nothing better that can be purchased anyway!
Adnan
I would love a copy of this DVD. I have always wanted to learn how to graft. My husband would too. My father in law use to know how but he passed away before we could learn from him. Thank You Very Much for considering me for this.
I would love a copy of this. I have always wanted to know how to graft.
Wouldn’t I just LOVE to have that DVD! It would be so nice to see my efforts to grow trees materialize – especially with such a lovely tree as the Japanese Maple.
I am planning to plant quite a few redbud trees to sell later this year and would love to learn how to graft Japanese Maples to use in my landscape design also! Thanks for the many helful and entertaing letters!
Florida is a bit too warm for Japanese Maples. Could I interest you in some Nellie Stevens Holly shrubs?
Mike, Thanks for the offer. Like you said, it sounds confusing and I am confused. But after reading it several more times and a couple cups of coffee, I think I have the concept. I’m sure your DVD will make it perfectly clear! Now to understand the grafting process.
Love watching your video’s, you have some lovely plants and great information.
Thanks For all you do!
Jean
This is just the thing I want to do in my new greenhouse. I’ve just retired and want to start a new business for my grandson.
Pick ME, I’m dressed like a turnip.
Hey Mike,sure could use this addition to my gardening. You are a great source for some very usefull tips. Thankyou.
Thank you for the free book lots of info.Count mein the drawing or the sale of the DVD.Thank You.
I read everything you send, and hope to be able to put it to good use this spring.
Inka
Yes Mike ,I would love to be entered in your drawing for the trees DVD & thank you for your web pages as I do get a lot of information from them.
I love Japanese Maple trees! They are so beautiful!
I have a beautiful Japanese Maple in my front yard. It is brilliant red in the spring and fall. It’s a show piece. I would love to learn how to graft this tree.
Carol, grafting DVD will be available soon, but make sure you collect as many seeds from that tree as you can this fall.
Pick me unless I am too late. I haven’t tried graphing but I did some fig tree hard wood cutting last year that came out great.
Thanks Mike for your efforts
Ron
I really enjoy your videos and the way you explain things. I have always wanted to grow a Japanese Maple and would like the DVD you are offering.
Mike, I am a floor-covering specialist (I work at a carpet store), however, my passion is plants. Years ago, I started bringing my plants into the store for the winter months. I had so many people asking to buy them, I decided, “why not”. I have become known as the carpet lady that sells plants. I live in the country and access to my home is way off the beaten path, therefore it is hard to sell from home. I would however like to be entered in your contest. I feel I could put that information to good use. I have been known to sell maple, walnut, and mimosa (or promosa, as Grandma called them) trees — right from this little ol’ carpet store. Thanks’ for all your info, God bless you and yours, Sheila in Napoleon, Mo.
Mike, I love japanese mapless. I’ve been growing them from seeds , green only reds never seem to make it, for years.
Thanks for all of your advice..
You’ll be getting part of my income tax return this year. I enjoy your straight-talk, shoot from the hip style, videos. You’re a blessing to us all!
These comments sound a bit fake. There are no negative comments here.
I could sure use as much help and information as possible to get more of my plants to grow – bigger, better and faster – the 6 million dollar / BIONIC plant. The video would be a great help.
I’ve been following your works. Every thing has worked. cant wait to get this dvd
I love Japanese Maples. In front of my house there are two that I planted many years ago. It would sure be great fun to learn how to graft trees.
I enjoy learning new things especially with trees and plants. I love new plants and growing trees
Wow, I would love to have this DVD, also I would love to learn to do any grafting.
Mike,
I am great fan of yours and have always admired you what you do…you share your great knowledge,experience,resources with everyone and I am sure every one appreciates this..you have inspired thousand of people..you are my nominee for CNN Hero…i would buy your dvd whenever you sell this….May God bless you always….
please inter me. Thanks.
Hi Mike, Bonsai enthusiasts (like me) love Japanese maples but cannot accept an obvious graft bulge or “knuckle”. Is there anyway to minimize this result in the process?
J. With a red seedling you won’t have a graft union. If you want one of the more interesting and rare Japanese maples you can try rooting them by cutting. Not that easy, but it can be done. Or trying using this method. https://mikesbackyardnursery.com/2012/05/clam-shell-air-propagator/# You can buy the clamshells at http://airpropagator.com
I love your newsletters and info!
My daughter, who is a first-time stay-at-home mom thinks growing these little beauties might be a source of a bit of income for her and her familly. However, I am the one with the land for her to do it on, so I am throwing my hat in the ring and hoping you pick my name to win the DVD! And, by the way, I love, love, love planting trees. Tossing all the little maple and redbud seedlings that pop up around my yard is always difficult, so I pot some of them and give them away.
Hello Mike, Have you had success grafting Coral Maples? Great site. Thanks.
Perry,
Coral Bark Maple is in the Acer palmatum Japanese maple family so it should be easy to graft to just about any Japanese maple seedling.
I just love all your newsletters and want to learn more!
Pick me please and I will be very happy, you don’t want me to be sad, do you?
Bonsai !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would love to have DVD.
I have a redbark maple that the end of the limbs keep dying and turning grey. I have to trim them back ever so often. What causes this problem
I recently received a degree in horticulture and would love to learn more about your grafting techniques!
At 75 this year, I don’t have much time to learn new things. I keep trying and this would help.
I don’t see many Japanese Maples in south Louisiana, I hope they’ll do well
Please put my name in the hat. Thanks
please!
I could use the help! Thanks. Jim
i could use a copy Mike.
Love to have a copy.
I would love to win a copy of the DVD If I’m not the winner how much will they be selling for? My husband says I am the only person he knows that can grow anything by just touching it.
very pretty trees
my grandmother was able to graft anything…now i am older than she was then and still trying to figure it out
I worked a couple of years at a wholesale nursery (Canada,Zone 5-6) and gained a great respect for plant culture. I remember getting mature WB Japanese Maples shipped to us and admiring their beauty. It would be truly awsome to learn the technique of grafting these beautiful trees.
I would love a copy too.
Put my name in the hat. Thanks!
I would love a copy!
i would a video on how grow the japanese maple,please
propagating these would diversify the already beautiful mountain area i live in. thanks
I am just getting started in plants and love japanese maples – I have some seeds in the frig now. I know that seeds aren’t the best way to grow japanese maples so I would love to try grafting. A video like this would surely help.
here’s my hat
I would love to learn how to graft…anything
Mike, would love to have your DVD. We have two older japanese maple trees that produce bunches of seeds every year. I have always wondered how to start them. Would love to learn how from your DVD. Thank you for always giving me new information. Take care, you are a national treasure! Tricia
Could I please have one??
i want one plz.
Hi Mike, I have been grafting Plumbs to Pears Peaches to Plumbs and Apples to Apples the last year or 2, I would love to learn more.
Please throw my hat in the ring.
Love one! Sure appreciate all the video’s!
pick me I need a second Job and i do have a green thumb
Mike, new to this backyard growing “business”, but am learning, propagating, and learning some more. Would love to ad grafting to our new adventure as I am sure that Japanese Maples are not the only tree you could graft with excellent results. Thanks for your website!!!! Such an inspiration.
Thanks so much for your continued help were it is so needed.
I would also like to throw my name in the hat although it looks like it is full. thx
Wishing I was fishing,gardening or playing guitar,,,
I am willing to purchase your DVD’s so I know that I will get them. I have had life changes and am very interested in getting started finally.
Hey mike! If you haven’t already drawn, I would like to throw my hat in as well. I have been in Italy since October and will be returning home the end of February and am anxious to get back to my gardening…and hopefully my Japanese maple has made it…thanks for your emails and encouragements…ciao!
I would really appreciate a copy.
Thanks,
I would love to have one of these DVD’s
Such beautiful trees. Can we graft them to have flowers and a sweet smet too? Just joking.
I love Japanese Maples! Can’t wait for the new video!
awesome, thanks mike. you rock
PLEEEAAAAASSSSEEEE????? 🙂
Sorry for the double comment Mike I tried to fix the spelling errors and cannot delete this one with the spelling errors please delete on you end or consider the other one to count as my comment ok? Thank you Mike in advance:)
Hello Mike, I think your site is just wonderful and you ,share such good information:) Keep up all this great effort to help others understand and enjoy what raising and growing is all about:) Also please throw my hat into the ring and see if it gets picked:)
I would love a copy!!!
🙂
Hello Mike I think you site is just wonderful and you ,share such good information:) Keep up all this great effort to help others understand and enjoy what raisng and growing is all about:) Also please throw my hat into the ring and see if it get picked:)
Just getting started but wouldlove all the info I can get
Thanks
Mike I’ve ben a fan of yours for years. I appreciate your newsletters and all that great information. You are the plant God
I don’t have any Japanese Maples yet but plan on it soon. They are beautiful.
Hey, Mike! Am I lucky #500? Good luck with reading all the posts from people who want to get picked. Tough choice! You can throw my hat in the ring, too. I hardly ever wear it!
Thanks for your consideration.
As always, I look forward to your emails Mike, they are the very best for information and as soon as I can I’ll be investing in your products. I’m sure this new DVD will be as awesome as you are! Thanks for the opportunity!
HELLO DR MIKE: Thank you for all your inspiration and motivation from all your GREAT VIDEOS…You are the Dr.of beautiful plants and trees…you have such a great world of knowledge!! Thank you!! You are TERRIFFIC!!!!!
Iwould like to throw my name “in he hat”
with hundreds of others. I thoroughly enjoy
all the info I get from you.
Thanks!
Hi Mike
Always enjoy reading your emails and watching your videos – full of practical information mixed with great humour. Do you have any backyard growers in the United Kingdom that have had success using the methods you teach? I would like to grow Japenese Maples here in northern UK. Many thanks
Like your posts. Hope to win DVD.
You can go ahead and send mine since I have already won. HA HA.
Sounds Great
I feel lucky!!!!
Would love to add this DVD as supplement to my “retirement Account”.
Enjoy everything you share Mike!!! Keep the info coming…
Love the maple family of trees. Have had a tough time with Japanese maples.
Thanks Mike for giving away these dvd’s. Consider my hat thrown in.
Mike, finally was able to post, guess it was the work environment. Looks like you haave quite the following. I’ve had 2 japanese maples die during winter. I’m hopping that local seeds will provide me better luck. Keep up the good work.
Mike, Thank you for the offer. I live in Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia, originally from Conneaut, Ohio. Would love to have you award me the DVD. I know it would be helpful in my wish to learn as much as possible about gardening and the ins and outs of grafting. Thank you for the newsletters, they are very clear and informative for the novice landscaper. Sincerely, Kendra
Would be nice to win one of your prizes.
thanks.
The economy in Washington State is static, read stuck. It is a little like being vacuumed to the toilet.
We have a lot of interesting native species that may provide material for grafting.
It looks like its time to pursue a new path to fiscal solvency. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for your offer mike… I live in Australia and I have found it very hard to grow and propegate any kind of maples, mostly becouse of weather extreams. So any kind of help would be helpfull, looking forward to your next email…
thank you for the opportunity to win your DVD
Love your emails Mike.
Yes, Mike, very beautiful trees! I would love the chance to see your techniques on grafting and propagating these beauties, Bob C.
I the plant world and always keen to learn new things. thanks mike your videos are always great fun.
Mike, thank you for the information that you share. You knowledge is priceless. Again thanks.
I, also, would like to be considered for one of these DVDs.
Gotta love all these japanese maple beauties
I’m in.
love all your tips so would like your dvd
Amazing! Hopefully i’ll be one of the lucky and privilege person who can avail of that lovable dvd. Thank you in advance.
Enjoy getting all the things you show on your website , keep up the good work .
Hi Mike,
You are a generous man with a very big heart. You always inspire me with your tips and enthusiasim. I am looking forward to Spring and will be getting the soil ready.Iuse your tips and then ask the Lord to bless my effert and He always does. Thank you for sharing what has taken you many years to learn from trial and error.By the way; Dirt Farmers Fudge is awesome…….
Following you for some time now. Have learned much from you.Hope I’m one of the lucky 3!
Thanks for ypur great help mike.
I’d love to get a copy of your new DVD.
Thank you for all your. Help
Hey Mike, please count me in.
My husband would love to have this dvd. I hope we are the ones that get picked out of the hat. Wow, what a great gift this would be for him!
I wanna be just like you. Teach the next generation of young ones to keep these beautiful tree growing forever.
Thanks Mike
Loyal follower for years
I am the new kid on the block Mike but I sure would like to have one of your DVDs
I LOVE THE LIONS HEAD MAPLE.BEING FROM MICHIGAN I WOULD ENJOY PROMOTING ANYTHING LIONY.
Thank you for all the great videos and all the free knowledge and plant info on J.M.
It would be awesome to win!
I love my Japanese Maple and it has grown so beautifully that other people who have seen it went out and bought one too! Mine is 10 years old and I have seen some that must be 50 years old they are so big and gorgeous. They get prettier every year. I appreciate the work you put into your site, newsletters and DVDs and I get inspired by your enthusiasm and knowledge.
I just found out that I will be moving to the country and I will be able to grow all the the trees and plants I want. So I will be needing to learn how to grafting Japanese Maples.
I would so luv to have the dvd of grafting, i have tried to take slips of trees two years in a row and both times have failed misserably. This year i am determined will be different and if I win your DVD i may actually stand a chance.
Great job as always….count me in!
I have always wanted to learn to graft trees. Maybe I will finally learn! Thanks for great videos!
would love to have a dvd on grafting, and especially for the Japanese Maples. So, select me.
Wow Mike. Looking forward to seeing you dvd. I am starting my nursery adventure this year and hoping to retire from driving school bus to do this full time. Putting my hat in the ring for the dvd. Thanks.
I would love to learn the art of grafting.
love those Japanese Maples……….. sure would like to win
This is a very big hat!!! I love Japanese maples, even though they’re not native.
cooll trees what is the cost of the dvd
I love japanese maples! I look forward to your newsletters. Have learned so much from you! Would love a DVD! Thanks so much!
would love a copy, thanks for the oppertunity.
Hi from Spain, me and my 8 year old son paul, have learnt so much from you, got him a small greenhouse, he is the boss man now. Hes loving every minute. We are looking to fill the gardens of our neighbours this summer and its all home grown. Thankyou, gracias!!
Thanks for all of the information you give us Mike. Please enter me for the free dvd!
WILL BE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE FURTHER KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO RAISE JAPANESE MAPLES.
THANK YOU
Love your articles. Great job! Japanese maples are my favorite tree. Keep up the good work.
Enjoy all your helpful information. Here is throwing my hat in the ring, too.
always wanted to learn grafting.hope i win.Thanks Mike for all the good information all these years.You have tought me so much
you have quite a following!! i have quite a few people to complete against. i love receiving your emails. i have started small plants which are sitting out back as we speak. i plan to purchase your information this spring, but i would love to have this dvd. many thanks and keep up your good work.
Beautiful trees! I need to get some of these beauties started. Throwing my hat in the ring.
Thanks for all you do.
I love the crimson queen but I like the one that is like it but all green 🙂 THANKS, MIKE FOR ALL UR MAIL!!
Thank you for giving me a chance to win.
I love the Crimson Queen Japanese Maple. I wish I knew how to graft them.
I have a beautiful Japanese maple in the front yard.
Thanks Mike for all the info you share, love your emails, videos, and tips (insert great big HAPPY FACE here!) Please enter me in the drawing. Thxs Linda 🙂
My husband is diabled but loves his Japanese Maples. I would love to win one for him.
Thanks
Wow, looks like you have a lot of fans that like free stuff!! I love Japanese Maples and finally planted my first one this past fall. The tree seems to be doing fine and I am hoping to get your free dvd so I can have more of them!! Thanks for the opportunity! Keep sharing!!
Love the thought to be able to graft any tree
Thank you so much Mike for all you do! I love gardening although I am disabled now and not able to do as much as I have in years past but still love it none the less and would love a copy of your help video. I just love coming here to see what you are doing next Mike. Thank you :*)
mike
my system would’nt alow me to view it. It said internet explorer was being slowed down and if i continued it might stop the system.
Guess what it did so I didn’t get a chance to see it. Is there another site where I may view it. Im very interested.
Thank You
Donna Motzer
Conesus, NY
It seems everyone wants the DVD. My hat is also in the ring
It seems everyone wants the DVD. So I can only say me too!
just bought 5 acres to start “GRATEFUL GARDENS” – JAPANESE MAPLES would be 1st on my list. Would be “GRATEFUL” for this video.
I’d love one of your grafting video’s
– it’s something I have always wanted to learn! Keep up the good work -I love your site!
Would love to receive a copy of your grafting dvd. Tried unsuccessfully to root cuttings from a japanese maple last year. I need this DVD.
I’ve grown seedlings before, now I want to try grafting.
I wood(sic)love to know how to graft anything!
Thanks for all the great info. definitely staying inspired. Looking forward to starting my first Japanese Maples. They are all soooo beautiful.
Mike, I LOVE Japanese Maples & your videos! My computer went down, and I lost all the videos I’d saved, so I’m hoping I can find them on your site. Winning the grafting video would be a great way to start spring 2013!
I would love to learn how to graft Japanese maples!!!
I would love to win one of the DVD’s. Consider my hat thrown in.!!!!!!
Mike I recently found you on the internet and youtube. I’ve listened to all of your videos and find them very interesting. I have a degree in horticulture and love plants and flowers and find your explanation of propagating plants to be the simplest and easiest to understand of anybody I’ve ever heard. And over the years I’ve heard quiet a few. You make it easy for the people that don’t understand. When you get done talking, “they get it”. Great job.
here is my hat so please fill it with your amazing DVDS!
Thank You Mike you ARE Awesome!
Please put me in your drawing. Mike will Japanese Maple grow in a zone 3?
One of the many skills I have ALWAYS wanted to learn! I would love the chance to learn this! PLEASE PICK ME!!
Hi all, greetings from Ireland. I hope I win and learn how to grow those beautiful trees over here. Thanks Mike for all the advice you give
thanks for all the helpful information and for a chance to get a DVD
I have been following you for 5 years now and this is a wonderful thing you are doing for your customers and new people to gardening as well I have learned a lot from you and the mistakes I have made myself but I did learn from the mistakes. One more thing to learn is a good thing and knowing how to graft would be excellent. Thanks Mike for all your hard work.
This sounds like it would be interesting as well as enjoyable. I was disabled approx.22 years ago and my husband passed away a little over 13 years ago. I’m not the fastest at doing things but I hang in there. My lawn and working out in it and starting and trading plants with friends and neighbors has been the only thing that has prevented me from being a couch potato. I hire someone to mow my lawn and save my energy for planting,transplanting my indoor and out door plants. It would be nice to really feel usefull again. Thank you for all your tips plans and ideas thru the years. By the way my lawn is a little over six acres. I also have a couple of lawn guys that would be glad to pitch in and give me a hand if I needed it.
These are beautiful trees. My hat is definately in the ring!!
Sure do enjoy all this Info. This has been very helpful. Would love to have the DVD.
amazing trees. How I wish I had some trees other than Live Oak. Don’t get me wrong they are beautiful as well. Just need to mix up some colors.
Thanks for all you do.
Hat sailing in . . .
PICK ME !!! I would love to have a Japanese Maple in my yard. PICK ME
Great looking trees, great site too. Thanks Mike!!!
Mike,
Based on the amazing number of replies/comments to your Japanese Maples announcement, you’re definitely the most popular guy I know…and deservedly so
It’s going to take one HUGE hat to throw everyone’s name in it, but please include mine and I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Thanks!
Love the shape of the Japanese Maples. The ones I like the best are the ones which have the delicate, lacey leaf, and get almost a burgandy red leaf.
I have one in the ground, and three to plant this spring. I would LOVE to be able to properly propagate them! Thank you SO much for all your wonderful advice!
Beautiful trees want to be able to graft them and help my kids
Have 14 acres could have grafting happiness on!
WOW. Fantastic colours. Beautiful trees.
I enjoy reading your emails. I have rooted some Japanese maples and grew some from seed but have any luck grafting
Thanks
Jack
LOVE LOVE!!!! Japanese Maples!!!! I would love to learn how to graft them.
Thank you Mike!
Grafting has always been a passion of mine. Would love to learn about Japanese Maples.
Keep up the good work.
Mike, pick me and two other people for this DVD promotion,plus I love Red Maples,so Mike hurry and send them out to Mirin Ave,God bless you and be well, Fred.
I grew up in Oregon & there are lots of Japanese maples in yards but I don’t see near as many back here in Arkansas. I’d love to have the video for my collection of “How to’s” cuz I’m already getting my act together. Thanks Mike!!
Mike, Thanks for all your post and advice
I would love to win the DVD.
Mike, I would really like to be one or the winners, but I know the only way to really win is through hard work. I moved next to a man and his property over 12 years ago, he used to run a big nursery business back in the day. He had 4 greenhouses and overgrown Christmas trees. I didn’t learn of all of his knowledge until after his death. I really wish I would have gotten to know him and I know I could have learned a lot from him. He seemed to be just a bitter mean old man, so I didn’t want any parts of that. After his death his property was sold to someone wanting to build condo’s there and wanted to be rid of the greenhouses. I worked out a deal to tear down as much of the greenhouses that I could before they did. I since rebuilt one on my property and am still completing it. I am still learning everything and need all the help I can get. I’ve learned a lot already about propagating plants from you and am eager to get at it again this spring. This informational DVD would be a big help to further my knowledge and to help me one day start my own business in this field. Thanks for all you do for us!
I don’t know anything about those symbols below but, I would love to have the DVD. Thanx for all you do
you make it sound so easy,really
I would love to get one if the DVD’s. Maybe in that way maybe I will be able to work in something that I actually like! 🙂
Would love the free video. Gorgeous trees. Thanks for the opportunity!
Please enter me in your drawing my father and grandfather both were tree grafter’s and i regret I didn’t learn but it’s never too late
Hi Mike.
At 78 years of age I probably don’t have a lot of years to try it out but sure would like to try. Thank you for all you do for all of the Back yard growers.
Here’s my hat in the ring.
Put my name in the hat, please.
We have lost 5 trees do to the drought would love the DVD to help us replace the trees.
Wow! Thats awesome! Ives always love to see a japanese maple, last time been in japan i brought some seedlings, i live in zone 9 , so the plants grow , but it didnt grow that big coz the plants died! How to grow japanese maple in a zone 9-11. Thanks much
Mike,
I’ve been a subscriber to your newsletter for a long time and have learned SOOOO much over the years. Japanese Maples are my favorite tree. But living in Tennessee they’re very expensive. Living on a fixed income makes it very hard for me to justify the cost of buying one. I was given one for my birthday (October) a few years ago, but it died in less than a year. Guess I didn’t have enough knowledge about them to grow one successfully. I’d love the DVD so that hopefully I’d be able to grow these beautiful trees.
Keep up the great work Mike. Your newesletter is a big bright spot to my day!
Please enter me into the drawing. These trees are amazing!!
Someone backed their car over my friends Japanese maple and I’d love to learn how to start a replacement for him.
Thanks Mike for all the information you have provided over the years. I have 25 JRM that I stratified last winter.I would like to have your DVD on grafting, I am ready graft my little tress.
Mike
Have learned a lot from you over the past 5 or 6 years. Still learning and planning on learning a lot more.
Thank You
Great response Mike, you are a genius.
Growing up, the most beautiful tree in our front yard was a Red Japanese Maple. I would love to have one in my yard, and then gift more to the neighborhood! Thanks for the great idea.
Mike
Been with your program for a long time, Have learned a LOT. Teach me more! !
Thanks
Please add me to the list.
Adore you Mike. Keep the great info coming. Would love to win your DVD. Keeping fingers crossed, (after I finish writing you.
please add me to the list
Had to leave my beloved Japanese Maple when I moved. Now have space for a new one, but have not found one that talked to me yet. I would love your DVD. I have saved most of your newsletters, planning to someday wow the neighborhood with all my knowledge.
A great idea! I always want learn more about
growing plants.
I’d love one of these, since the book I bought “disappeared” with everything else when the ex. left, and I’m starting over.
my hat is in ,thanks mike
I would love this DVD. Starting a new landscaping plan this spring. I LOVE Japanese Maples.
Mike, I have two new trees this past year, and this would be a great way to expand these around my landscape. thank you.
Would love to have one!
This is a great offer Mike. I have my fingers crossed,lol.
Mike, I have always been told you could not start japanese maples from seed. I used to buy unusual small ones from Mellingers to use as starter bonsai, but they have since closed. I would like to know where you are getting the root stock. Thanks, Judi
there are so many comments, I am not very hopeful to win the free DVD but am happy to throw my hat in the ring. Thanks for the chance.
Love your stuff Mike and Dustin
What a great gift you are providing. The gift that keeps on giving the whole year thru.
Thanks for all your great informational videos… I try to watch them all at least 3 times so the information sinks in my tiny brain.
thanks,
Kim
I simply love Jap Maples. I try to use one in every landscape i do.
I am grateful to have been allowed to be a subscriber to your newsletter and have followed your activities on your website for several years now. Since retirement, I have taken up gardening and constantly scour the internet for gardening tips. To date, yours has been the best. Keep up the great work. Thank you for also allowing me to comment on your work and to enter for a chance for your Free CD on how to grow Japanese Red maples from seed and how to graft them.
WOW I want one I keep doing something wrong so I need the help
I would love to have a copy of your DVD – thanks 🙂
who doesn’t want one,don’t believe him!
thanks for these gems!!!!
Dad was wright :a bucket of roots rather than a bucket of pennies(pennies in old times were more than dollars today)
I am looking for something to help in earn income in my retirement years, fastly rolling down the pike, I might add. I believe in hard work, honest people and gardening. Looking forward to the future!
It would be a pleasure to know how to do this right.
my parents have one of these small very gorgous maples would love the dvd so i could graft from theirs
I Love to win one. because I love Maples
count me in 🙂
would love to learn how to do this
Ah, the simple pleasures in life,
Cracking crabs
Drinking beer
And grafting’ Japanese Maples
the first time i saw a clay american eagle ,i was sure he doesn’t exist on nature; that’s artist’s imagination!!
these trees amazed me as well!
you’re an artist mr.Mike
Oh Yes I would love to be one of the three that wins one of the DVD. I have gotten so much information off of yur website on how to grow beautiful trees and bushes. Thanks for all you do!!!!
Janie
I used to work in a nursery whose Japanese Maples were always mis-shaped and puny looking. But I came away from the job with a true love for growing plants. I would love to learn how to create and grow beautiful Japanese Maples like the ones shown in your wonderfully informative newsletter.
Mike, I would like to wn a copy of your book. I am having some problems with my maple tree. My dogs crewed it to the ground. And when it came back up last year it was a bush. I really neeed help with it. The frecopy of your DVD would really help me!
Thanks,
Peggy
Hi Mike
Always interested in new tips. Living on Long Island and losing a beautiful Lion’s head maple, 1/2 of a Crimson Queen and others from Super Storm Sandy,:( grafting would be a big plus to try and fix up the yard on a budget!! Thanks and still standing on LONG ISLAND, NY!!
Hi mike I would love the honour of receiving a fine tree from you. Love your videos
Pick me Mike! I have been following you for about 4-5 years now.
Why not just help us all out and put it on you-tube. No need for physical media & distribution costs in this day & age.
At least it might give some incentive to keep getting your dreary emails.
I don’t want one thx.
Hi Mike, I’ve been waiting for something like this for sometime. Please consider me.
Thanks,
Mike B.
Sure would like to try this in Florida.
I would be honored to one of the chosen.
Please consider my hat in!
Wow!!!Mike
What a response here! Awesome!
Dear Mr Mike,
I always find great advice in your information. Many people can be thankful for the help you unselfishly share.
Thank you,
Nelson.
i needs some
How bout it.
Retiring soon, thinking about doing the rooted cuttings, Japanese Maples, etc to supplement my income. This DVD would be very helpful.
what a nice thing to do for your readers.
Tossing in my hat. I would like to have one of the videos
Hi there count me in, just about to start nursery business and I think these trees are beautiful!
I would love to win this.
Please add my name to this contest. Id love to have one of the 3 copies too.
Thank-you
I am just starting to grow maple seedlings this year so this DVD would be very timely.
Had to leave my beautiful Crimson Japanese Maple behind when I moved. I really miss it. Beautiful pictures!
Looks like you have plenty of entries. So here is one more. Would really like a copy of your video. thanks,
If only 4 people sent a reply I would be the one that wouldn’t win, I never win nothing
A chance to learn how sounds good to me.
trying to keep my mind off the weather.
Ive Ordered my rootstock and will be picking up apple rootstock in two weeks. Even if I don’t win the drawing I will have alot of fun just grafting my apple trees.
Hi Mike
I am facinated with all the information you have and you have helped me more than you will ever know I tried to win a copy of your gardening book and instructions on how to make money with plants I am trying to save up my pennies to get it
I would love a copy of this cd I enjoy you and the information you give but I would really want to start my mike cd collection so I would also like to Thank You for the chance to get this one
Katie
I would really love to learn how to do this.
From an Old Fart that needs a good swift kick start,this new DVD of yours could just be the right kicker. Many Thanks for all the great advice and guides!
Cannot wait for a chance to win!!!
Wow, there are a lot of people who have responded. It just proves how great of a teacher you are.
I have been growing volunteers from red maples in my yard (I have about a dozen, mostly 1 yr old plants). I would like to take some cuttings from the 40+ Japanese Maples that I have in my yard and do some grafting. I have read some on the subject and have a basic grasp of the operaation but would love to have nore information on grafting. Among my favorites is the Shishigashira (Lionshead), Inaba Shidare, Crimson Princess and the Crimson Queen. Actually I have so many that I would like to graft (Orangeola, Baldsmith, Katsura (my wife’s favorite), Red Dragon, Omurayama).
If you would like some pictures, I would be glad to send them to you.
Thank you for a chance to win !
Thanks for the chance to win one
Can’t wait. I tried grafting a couple of times, they didn’t take.
All winter long when the days are short i’m constantly checking out new ways to grow things on your website, then going into my greenhouse and trying some new plant to propagate. I’d love to learn grafting on these dark evenings.
sure would love to win this!!thanks!
Count me in for the DVD!!!!! Thanks
I would love to have this. I want to know how to really make something grow right. Thanks for all your hard work and sharing with us.
Mike, You have a heart as big as life itself !!!! I’m a newbie here and could sense your willingness to help and encouragement others. You have surely been a blessing to me. You have some mighty fine folks in this family of yours. Keep on keeping on. Ron T.
Love your stuff!
Can’t wait to see the finished product. I would love to win one.
Thanks!
I need that DVD
Where can i buy this DVD Mike? I’ve never been very lucky so i figured I’d just buy one as soon as available. But I do have my fingers crossed on this one. LOL. I absolutely love my time in the garden and around the yard and every skill I can learn is put to use.
The DVD about grafting Japanese Maples would be a good beginning to my plant business in 2013. Thank you for the opportunity to begin.
I love Japanese Maples (have several myself) and would like to learn to graft trees. Hope you pick ME for the free DVD!
For years I have tried to learn to graft with no success, I bet with you DVD I will finally be successful and find joy and the meaning to life. Thanks for the opportunity to win this long awaited DVD.
Tom
pick me pick me please?
Id love to learn how to graft!! It’s a beautiful art.
Love your teaching, my hats in
…while I butter you up let me tell you why I am the most deserving of this magnificient, free dvd……… B)
I would love to learn how to do this. We don’t see many here in South Africa.
tried earlier dont know if my hat made it in the ring or not, but hopefully it gets there this time. really need the dvd. thanks for the opportunity Mike.
I usually don’t win anything, so would you make a 4th one and sell it to me? I really need these trees for my honeybees. They love red maples!! Do you have anything on grafting native pecan trees? I know you are in OHIO and I’m in Texas, but we have 100’s of young pecan saplings on our land. If we could get Stewart scions and graft them, we could have an orchard!!
I would truly like to be one of those selected.I have 2 in my front yard now abount 10 feet tall.
Thank you
I would truly love to be one of those selected.
Thank you
I would love to learn how to both successfully grow beautiful japanese maples from seed and to be able to graft them. There are countless varieties to choose from and I’ve written down several that I hope to be able to purchase in the next few years.
These are gorgeous trees – would love to learn how to do this
How exciting I love Japanese Maples and can’t wait for the explosionof Colorado in my yard and driveway.
I have always wanted to learn this process for such interesting trees!
Would love to learn and see how to do this. My association where I live will only let you have certain trees and this is one of them. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work. 🙂
OK, I’m hooked!
Would Love to get the DVD! But whether or not I do you have brought me so much in the care of the plants I love. Thank You so very much!!!
I could really use some more information on this subject.
Mike, you continually amaze me with your information and ideas. So basic, yet you make it simple and easy to follow. Keep up the good work.
For those of us who may not win the free DVD, are you going to make it available? For how much?
Please throw my hat in ring
Just getting started with your program and could use all of the help I can get and the price of the DVD (FREE) will fit my budget perfectly. Thanks for the opportunity.
Kevin
HI, her is my hat. I hope to learn how to find J. Maple seeds in my neighborhood!
Hello Mike
My husband and I just bought our 1st house together and there are a few dead trees that we need to remove would these type of trees be good for an open back yard Love your site thanks for the great newsletters they are quite helpful!
hope i win if not were do i buy
Thanks so much Mike for your resources and passing on your gardening knowledge, it’s no fun to reinvent the wheel!
Mike, the maples are so beautiful. My sister has a red, lace leaf japanese maple and as much as I like watching the birds I set there and watch the leaves dance in the breeze. I have never even heard of the one you keep showing, so many different ones. I thought there was either red lacy or red broad leaf. Guess I spent too much time looking at the Elm trees. Thanks for all you teach us.
WONDERFUL TREES AND A WELCOME OPPORTUNITY. HOPING TO BE ONE OF THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN.
THANKS
Boy Do you have friends!!!????
Thanks for all you do.
I love that lions head maple. where can I get some of these different varieties
Thanks
I tried your method of reproducing Japanese Maples from seed and it didn’t work out so well. I think the DVD might offer something more for me to go on. Thanks for all the info that you share.
Nice trees and nursery you have, Mike!
Please…and thank you for what you do.
Learning new skills has always been high on my list.I look forward to this one,Mike
I’d like to win one of your DVD’s, but who wouldn’t?
Thanks for the offer Mike!
I’m retired and the only thing I have is Social Security and you know how that is! I
would love to graft and grow Japanese Maples or anything to make an extra buck. I’ve been with you for quite a while. I love it!
Beautiful trees! Is it the season to graft all trees now? I hope I win. I am going to help a friend with her property, and we are going to grow trees and plants, and I am so much looking forward to it! I already told her about this website and she has purchased your system, so this would be a wonderful addition. Thanks for all your great tips!
Would love to get this DVD about grafting! Your down to earth methods of teaching have helped me a great deal.
I have truely enjoyed all of you tips in the past and think this will also help me in the future. Thanks and please continue sending them.
You are awesome. Thanks for all of your good information.
nice trees mike, you have skills.
We love Japanese Maples! We have tried growing them from seed, but with only minimal results. Help with this endeavor would be greatly appreciated!
I’d love to be included! I love your info and have learned a lot.
Thanks.
My hat is the prettiest! See it in the ring there? Please pick my hat! Thank you!
This mays just be the incentive I need to move forward. Thanks for the opportunity, Mike!
Mike, You know I love Japanese Maples.so throw my hat in the ring for your fantastic DVD.
Oh yeah, I’m in! You taught me all about composting, planting… Well everything. I went from brown thumb to green thumb and now have confidence to grow anything, and that saves me on the grocery store! Now that the ground is starting to thaw, and have a clean canvas in a new location, what best to add to the beauty! No trees yet, but THIS one to grow & multiply would be heavenly as well as a side money maker! My fingers are crossed! Yes, yes, yes! Your gift of knowledge is wanted & needed! Thank you so much! Cathie
LOVE Japanese maples. I’m definitely throwing my hat in the ring.
I have 2 large beautiful Jap maples on a property that I bought – one is red, the other multi color – would love to know what variety they are – have lots of seeds in spring – maybe you can show me what to do with them !
Even though I have a degree in landscape architecture I’m still learning some great tid bits from you…just threw my hat in the ring.
I have several JRM and dog wood seeds in the refrig. It is my goal to learn grafting this year. It would be great to have a copy from you: If I don’t get selected I will still buy one.
Thanks
Rick Miller
I love my Japanese Maple. My neighbors love it too. They put one in their yard! I would really like to learn to graft the Japanese Maple.
i think that every body should learn this.It would make every yard very nice.Good luck every one
I have already started over 100 seedlings and wanted to try my hand at grafting. There are so many beautiful varieties .
Thanks Mike for the free off.. I am sure many and myself would love to have one…Thanks for all your free offers.. Not to many people like you around. I do appreciate what a difference one person can make in this world.. Thanks again.. Roseanna
My dream is to one day turn my propert into a little farm – love your emails
You have a beautiful yard Mike. I have taken many pointers from your designs. I envey all your Japanese Maples. I’d love to be in the mix.
Japanese Maples are one of my favorite plants!!!
I’ve always thought Red Maples to be beautiful. I especially like all the different types, textures and colors. Growing them and selling would be exciting!
Me too, me too! I want to learn how to graft!!!
be different than most. pick me. can’t wait to watch it.
Free! I want that!
Seriously, I could use all the help I can get.
I am a novice at grafting and growing trees.
Thanks in advance for PICKing ME!!
Thank you.
I would like to win!
I’ m in!!!! I love Japanese Maples, thanks in advance for the opportunity.Charlotte
Hi. I’d like a copy. Count me in.
I need the help! Thanks.
sure its going to be a great DVD . all your info. is really helpful. thanks, dennis
Love your videos.
im a truck driver looking for the right place.
soon.cant grow much in a truck.great info mike
thanks it will all be used soon.love the japanese maples again thanks for all the great info.lee
I’d like to throw my hat in the ring for a chance at being a winner!
I always look forward to your emails. Thanks for sharing your knowledge in a format that makes me feel like you are talking straight to me.
Helloooooo Mike, I am throwing my hat into the ring. Learning how to grow seedlings and grafting are on my list of nursery goals.
Thanks for all you do and all the tutorials.
Betsy
Mike I am learning so much every day watching your videos. It is just amazing to know how much there is to know about plants and the whole process of starting it from a seed, cutting or division to its final stage of marketing it. I have so much of respect to gardeners and nurserymen. I hope I can pursue my education somewhere along this path.Hope your video will help me .
I once had a crimpson queen,it died last year.I had it for five years. the last two years you could see it was under stress.White spots on the leavs etc. Nursery told me water was standing around the roots another said it strangled itself. Any comments??
Thank you for the opportunity to watch your DVD
I wish I had two hats to through in
I have always loved the Japanese Maple trees and had tried over and over to grow them from seed and even bought some only to watch them die….just can’t have any luck with them, maybe you can show me what I’m doing wrong.
What a great offer. Been a fan a long time.
I love Japanese Maples they are such beautiful trees. I would love to learn how to graft…it is something I have always wanted to do. Here’s hoping I get one of the DVD’s so I can learn!
As always, great info. Thanks
Beautiful trees,…can’t wait for Spring to be here !!
nice trees
Count me in! I have two Japanese maples and would love to be able to graft from them onto seedlings.
Wow!! It’s a long ways to the bottom of this list.
I am very interested in grafting trees, especially fruit and nut trees. I can’t get enough of these emails. Jim
With so many on the list, I’d really be amazed to be one of the Lucky 3…kinda like a lottery for Japanese Maple Enrichment!
With so many already on your list, I’d be amazed to be one of the Lucky 3…kinda like a lottery for Japanese Maple Enrichment.
I tried to send this a short time ago, but wasn’t sure it got through.
I would love to have your DVD. I’ve enjoyed all the good information you shared. I had a Japanese Maple that was about 3 foot high & One day it was dead , but growth started from the ground up. But it never amounted to anything. Thanks for your info.
Another hat for the ring =)
I’ve gotten lots of good advice from you so far and I don’t think this one will disapoint. Thanx Mike
Outside landscape issues – I go to your emails! I’ve kept them all since started receiving them!!
Please consider me for the free DVD.
Nice looking trees
Yes I would love the DVD and loves the red maples as well.
Hi Mike,
I love your videos. Down to earth! What a relief from so much of the more common hype.
Thanks! John
I don’t have one but I like them and hope they will grow in Texas. Love, love, love to have the DVD. Almost ready to get started here in Texas. Drought got my garden this year…looking for ways to prevent this next year. put my name in please
My God, with all these people interested I have no chance but here goes I had two maple trees but when we had a real drought they died slowly, now I would like to try again. Your site is great and has helped me so much. keep up the good work. Love to read your e-mails.
Yes, throw my name in your hat i tried to do my own but faild
I just gotta tell you Mike, you are the greatest. Love your emails.
Would love to win this! Thanks Mike for all you do to keep us educated and informed.
Mike, I have wanted for years to learn how to graft plants. Perhaps with your DVD I can make that dream come true.
Thank you Mike, for all the knowledge you share!!
Yes, throw my name in your hat Mike! Thanks
I’d love to grow Japanese maples, but will they survive in zone 4?
I have a Japanese Maple in my yard, and it has been pretty much ignored. It would be interesting to discover it to be the source of a pot of gold from which a rainbow springs.
I never win anything. I may have a heart attack if I were to win something.
I’m in!!
Those trees are gorgeous. Have never seen any in Winnipeg. Hope to win one of your DVDs.
Please..
Would love to have the DVD and try my hand at grafting!
Thank u Mike for including me in the Sweet DvD, I love your humor in all the messages we receive. Thank’s Again! and your dog in the videos! 🙂 Pick Me! HeHe Ha ha!
Me! Me! Pick ME!!! (Donkey- from Shrek)
I have 3 trees would like to learn to graft them. One of mine broke a big branch out,I hope it doesn,t die.
These are beautiful trees..If I can figure a way to move onto my 10 acre property in NE Texas I know I could grow these and a lot of other plants to sell.
I always look forward to geting your news letter. I have learned a lot from you.
I made the dirt farmers fudge and it turned out great, it was delishious. Everyone loved it.
Please enter my name for the DVD.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
hi mike, i could win the power ball with less odds than here but i’ll try anyhow.i need the dvd because i am functionally illerate.thanks mike
pick me!
Hi,mike. I’m in eastcentral Alabama.I’ve been receiving your emails and postings for several years. thank you for all you do. I’m interested in the dvd .Jim
Here is my hat in the ring….. Thanks……
Ready to get started!
My favorite trees.
Mister Mike ~~
Would love to have a DVD so I can learn from you.
Thanks
[email protected]
You make it sound too easy – would love to see full details on a free copy of the 3 DVD’s you offered
Hello Mike,
This is Colleen, way out here in Hawaii. I truly enjoy all of your articles and would love to win this Great DVD?
Thank you for all you give of yourself!
Colleen
I just can’t be without another one of your DVD’s Mike. Looking forward to keep building up my Mike McGroarty library.
I AM GOING TO TYPE THIS IN BOLD LETTERS TO LET YOU KNOW JUST HOW MUCH I WOULD LIKE ONE OF THESE!!!!!! I SEE YOU HAVE MANY FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS SO ITS HARD TO STAND OUT AMONG ALL OF THEM….BUT I AM TRYING!!!!!
SO HERE I AM……THROWING MY HAT IN!!!!!!
THANKS MIKE AND THE GANG!
EL
Please put me in the drawing. I have a few small Japanese maple trees that I would love to propagate by grafting. All I need is your video.
Thank you for all the great hints for successful gardening.
Mike I live in Texas near the coast, would the time of year be different here.
? .? What website do you want entered in the website spot. .?
I would love to own a copy of that DVD
Amazing work!
i would love to own that dvd
The dvd would really help the learning curve.
Bring on the learning!
just starting my japanese maple collection this would be a big help
It would be so awesome to win this DVD! Love your newsletter.
Mike! I’d love to have the CD. I’m about to retire and would like to invest in a green future. Hook me up!
Thanks Mike for all you do. You truly inspire me. I live in North Texas, the summers are incredibly cruel from the intense heat. But I’m still encouraged by your emails. Thanks again for all that you do.
Thank you for everything that you do Mike.
Would love to have one of your DVD’s. Hope I’m one of the lucky ones. If not, would still love to learn this process.
I would love these DVDs I enjoy your stuff, I gave Hong Park some business after seeing your video, my 13 yo son is hooked and wants to learn more to be self sufficient with food and animals
I’m in Texas. I have a cowboy hat to garden in.
Please pick me for free DVD. U R A Nice Guy, Mike ! Thanks
Love your newsletters and have learned alot from them. We have 3 small Japanese maples and want to plant more.
Mike sure would like to have the knowledge that you share in your dvd’s. sure would like to win one!
dave
These are the most beautiful plants of all!
Mike,
Love your zeal for plants. Your JM’s are beautiful.
would love to have a chance to win the dvd. thank you for the opportunity.
Loved your website for many years! Glad things are going so well for you. Would utilize the DVD if I won!
pick me—pick me if not what will they cost?
Have failed miserably at this but hope to have more luck this spring…perhaps the video will help!
I am thinking of moving to a place that I can plant Japanese Maples, would love your DVD.
Tring to get started in buisness.The dvd would be a great help.
I look forward to your postings and save everyone. Please enter my name into win.
just amazing trees!!!!!!
Mike, thank you for the gardening tips over the 2 years that I’ve followed you site. I would love to know how to cultivate, plant and enjoy a Japanese Maple. Wow, your samples are amazing. Pick Me!
I love my laceleaf Japanese Maple and would love to learn how to graft it!
Count me in. I love the maples.
Count me in.
Mike,
DVD is a great idea. I would love to provide varieties for our folks in Central FL. Locally, Japanese maples are scarce as hens teeth. Thanks in advance.
I have several Green Japanese maples in my landscape and only one lace leaf maple. Am wanting to learn how to do the graft process so I can have more of the lace leafs.
I love your information…. Would love to grow These beautiful trees! Going to plant one here in AZ just because I love them so much! Will take special care I know but really want to grow one, again! Had several in IL! Thanks again for all your help and effort!
I love Japanese Maple trees and have been trying for years to grow them from seed, but to no avail!! Hopefully this will be the year:) Please add my name to your drawing, thank you for all your information!
Will they grow in Florida.
This sounds wonderful, Im ready to start planting in Chattanooga, Karen
I am now disabled due to cancer and would love to learn how to grow and graft trees. It would be therapy for me to see so much beauty being grown.
Mike,
I would love to have one of the DVD’s. Always wanted to try grafting!!!
Gary
Love the newsletteers and all of your valuable info. Condsider both feet in the hat. Though on a side note I have 2 Japanese maples, one growing in the ground and one in a planter with “bonsai type soil” and you wouldn’t believe the difference. The pot grown tree has doubled in size, wheras the ground grown one has grown only a foot or so. I was always told that container grown trees grow slower?
I’m a big fan. I hope I get one.
Hi Mike!
I have been a fan for about 3 years now. I have a 50 + year old Japanese Maple tree that tops out at about 20 feet it is vigorous and absolutely gorgeous 3 and a half seasoms out of the year. But even in the dead of winter like now, I find the trunk and shape to be bonsai like a very pretty. I would love to know how to graft my own specamins…..I have planted the seeds of this tree in a backyard nursery and they have all taken off and are growing. But it turns out my heavy soil is slowing their growth…..read it in your e book….anyway…….I am a real fan of your love for this maple and for your approach to gardening……thank you for all the posts and free gardening tips. M. Barbara Taylor in Brunswick, Virginia.
Here is my hat ! Would love to have your DVD on grafting. I have not tried that yet.
love to win one of your dvds
Enjoy reading your site every day. Would love to win the DVD.
I like to propagate trees
Beautiful trees. Hope to win.
make my day!!!!
I would love to learn to graft. Does the same principle apply to other trees or shrubs?
i’ve always have loved japanese maples. beautiful variety of colors.
I have seen Japanese maples here in Florida, only at Walmart Garden center! They look so sad and are over $21.00. Is North Central florida not a good place for them? I would love to have some knowledge &/or experience in grafting but wonder if I can. Also, where would you get red maple seed???
Love Japanese Maples
Would love to have this DVD. It would help with alot of other advice that u have given me.
I would love to have that DVD
Please enter me in the drawing to receive the grafting DVD. Thank you
Consider me in! Love it!!
Thank you for all your awesome information, and heres my hat too.
Maybe, this will be my lucky day?!
Hi Mike:
Count me in!
I have a Japanese Maple in my front yard. I would like to know how to grow them from seed.
I tried planting the seeds from my tree this past fall in the inverted aquarium that I learned how to use to start seedlings from after reading your book. So far no joy.
Bob
Mike, thanks for the post about Japanese Maples. I was wondering though, why do they have to be grafted? Why can you not just grow from seed into a full blown tree? Thanks.
Count me in. I would love to grow them. I hope they grow in zone 3. haha
I would love to have this dvd Mike.
These trees are absolutely beautiful
Have enjoyed your videos for years. Delighted to get the chance for a free one on my favorite trees. I have three and would love to know how I can graft/propogate them.
Japanese Maples are one of the prettiest trees around. They are easy to maintain.
I am really interested in learning how to graft and grow japanese maples. I think they are the most buetiful trees.
Cindy
Japanese Maples are one of the prettiest trees around. They are easy ti maintain.
I am throwing my hat in the ring. I really enjoy your video’s. 🙂
Throwing in my hat.
I can take a cutting from my daughter’s Japanese maple…as soon as I have some info on how to proceed with a reasonable chance of success. I have only been a subscriber for a week, but am so anxious try some of your tips.
Those are very pretty trees. If it isa possible to grow in Texas (near Houston) I would appreciate the DVD so I can learn more about this. Thank you for the offer and for all of the very informative newsletters.
Although you can’t see it, my hat is actually made from an old black nursery pot (kinda formal stove pipe hat looking thing)!
Wow! What a lot of people signing up!
I have experimented with grafting in the past with about 20% success. I would love to learn the tricks to inceasing my knoledge of successful grafting. Mike thank you for all the hints and leads over the past years keep up the good work.
Tom
please love Japanese Maples can’tseem to get them to grow
No matter if I win this or not I will seek out every opportunity to obtain a copy of this dvd. LEGALLY, of course, weather I win it or I have to buy it from you I want,, no I NEED this dvd. I have many varieties of scions I can choose from willing neighbors and even they are interested in this. Not only would it benefit me but all involved in future plans being its the perfect time of the year to begin the process. If I don’t win I will defiantly find a way to buy one. Better to learn from the master.
Love to own the CD! Can’t wait!
Im in!!!!
My dad used to graft his apple and pear trees. I remember his having a Bartlet pear tree with a Bosc graft on it. Put me in the ring for the video. Thanks for all your info. gave your potting bench instructions to my husband. Hope he takes the hint, hint.
My mailbox is primed and ready for the DVD’s 🙂
Love your site keep the information coming please.
Love your website. I am still learning about this business and only taking baby steps, so far, but looking forward to having fun with this. Aloha, Nancy
Throwin’ my straw hat into the ring! You can keep it, I have a spare.
Good deal!
Thank you for all you do!!
Please add my name to the list of those interested in winning one of the free DVDs. Thanks for all you do Mike.
Looks like a fantastic DVD! Cant wait to
see it. Thanks for all you do for this group!
Sounds like it will be a great DVD just like all the rest!
I love Acers, especially Japanese and Snakebarks.
Throw my name in the hat for the DVD.
Can’t wait to see the video & would LOVE to win a copy of it! Thanks for all the great info you provide.
I’m wondering why a tree wont grow from the little seedlings that sprout up all around the ground? Why is there a need to graft onto one? So of course you can see why I need a video to explain but if I’m not chosen, can you please tell me why?
I love your website. It’s so down to earth, and educational.
—N
yeah go ahead mike throw my name in the hat
I own The Highlands and would love to know how to graft trees. Please pick me! Have a Great Day and thank you for all you do.
Blessings Mike- I’d love to give that to my brother in law who has a landscape business!! It would be inspired to incorporate these to his clients,the video would make it CLEAR as well as INSPIRED!!
I love your website. It’s so down to earth, and educational.
—N
I’ve always wanted to learn how to graft!
So Mike, grafting isn’t just a term that applies to politicians anymore!!! I’ve got a friend with beautiful red japanese maples that has offered cuttings to me to get started, So throw my hat in also. Thanks for all the years of your help. Best regards, Harry
Our Crimson Queen needs to have babies!!!! = )
Count me in.I’ve never done any grafting but I would love to learn.
I would love to learn about grafting these trees! I’m hoping to get my cousin into some backyard gardening…
Here is my hat Mike , take care of it.
Nice looking trees.Count me in!!
Great article, as usual and I would love to expand my knowledge of plant growing by learning how to graft.
Living here in Wisconsin, I have used your tips and reread your advice. Having a video that not only shows you but also allows you to follow along with you Mike would be awesome.
Your fabulous Mike! Love your videos and all the work you do to help us be better gardeners. Just planted 4 Japanese Maples this fall and would love to have all you tips with your DVD! Thank You for you do.
Mike;
Thanks for the opportunity.
Ray
Would love the grafting DVD Mike!
Hi Mike, I appreciate your emails so much. I’ve learned a great deal and thank you for that. Please enter me in your drawing.
Thanks so very much, Donna 🙂
would love to win the DVD
i love gardening
Thanks,could really use it.
Here’s my hat !!! Count me in !
I have always wanted to get into grafting yet, it seems to be the best time. This year in Southern California we had such a long deep freezing weather that I lost 95% of all of my flowers. Thank Mike for all you do every day with your pearls of wisdome. Make no mistake I really do apprecite it as well a o thers do too!!!! Respectfully Pat
All of your videos are great, Mike. Would like to have it in my collection.
Thanks for al the tips, I refer to them all the time when I have questions. I live here in Ohio also so thanks for all our help.
I lost a few trees with the igh winds we had and would LOVE a DVD to help replace the ones I lost
Would love to win a copy!
sounds good
Would be great to have a copy to compare your methods with the books I have on the subject
Thanks Mike, I would love to get one of those DVD’s
I need to learn more about grafting… and would love a DVD!
beautiful tree. DVD sounds like it can be used on grapes too? It would be very interesting to watch I bet!
just love JMS so your video would be a great help
Thanks for the newsletter I really enjoy them!
Pick me Pick me Pick me. Please!
I love what your are sharing with so many of us lovers of nature.
I would love to learn about grafting!
I would love to have a couple of these trees and know how to graft. Thanks for entering me to win one of the DVD. Libby
hiya ~ happy day mike! i would be very much interested in a free copy of one of your new DVD’s! love all maples!
Hmm chance of getting struck by lightening…winning the Lottery…I see Japanese Maples in someones future..can’t wait
if i do not win, please to be letting me know how i can purchase a copy.
Thank you Mike! I would certainly love to learn more from you and grafting would be a big plus!
Mike,
I read everything that you send. You offer lots of info and how to’s. Thankyou.
I am interested in grafting, It might be a good way for those of us who have limited space to add value.
I’d love to get a free DVD. I’m moving permanently to my new home in Asheville NC in a few weeks and it would be great to have this DVD for future projects.