Most people think that a stake is needed to keep a tree upright and protect it from breaking in the wind, but this is not true. A healthy tree will always keep itself upright and in fact, if the lower part is held rigidly by a stake there is more, not less chance of the upper pa...
They love to eat the new growth and ripe fruit from my apple trees. As the semi-dwarf apple trees grow higher I prune off all lower branches. The deer get a few branches and we get the rest the deer cannot reach on their hind legs. A 70-30 split favoring the upper primates!
In addition,do not plant the Japanese maple on your property line, as it can encroach on your neighbor’s property and they will have the right to prune it. Once again, consider its mature size and width and plant far enough from the property line where the tree can achieve this size ...