Juvenile Manitoba Maple?

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Bart_

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Trimming a previously stripped garden, stripped about 5 years ago. Phenomenal growth "plants" putting on easily 10 feet since the spring. Lush green shoots 4 to 6 feet long. Top heavy, soft, going to break themselves so as I lightened the tops I saw about 60 degree maple seed pairs - lots - and realized the leaves looked like Manitoba Maple.

Any one else have experience like this? I've only ever seen mature undesired Manitoba maples, never juvenile. If my observations fit the bill the owner will not want these things to grow up to be big.
 
I just encountered a teenage Manitoba maple with request for re-hacking along with 5 sibling removals. One got mature in the guy's yard and he has accepted it. Same seed pairs a bit larger. I think the jury is in on the juvenile trees.
 
Bart_ said:
Trimming a previously stripped garden, stripped about 5 years ago. Phenomenal growth "plants" putting on easily 10 feet since the spring. Lush green shoots 4 to 6 feet long. Top heavy, soft, going to break themselves so as I lightened the tops I saw about 60 degree maple seed pairs - lots - and realized the leaves looked like Manitoba Maple.

Any one else have experience like this? I've only ever seen mature undesired Manitoba maples, never juvenile. If my observations fit the bill the owner will not want these things to grow up to be big.
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Had the same kind of experience with my brother-in-law's yard a couple of years ago in Manitoba, Two Manitoba maples had been planted and after about 15 years, they had about seven along the back of their property. For whatever reason these things chose to spread like Saskatoon bushes (or horseradish!) - they went crazy in a couple of years. At the end of removing the two big maples (lots of co-doms) and then doing a brushout job on the rest I was left with one bar on a brand new BLi300 battery on the Husky top handle! Only time I've ever used more then two bars on pretty much anything.
I also think there were evil "Maple Spirits" annoyed with us - on one of the innumerable trips to the dump with the old rusty pickup, it chose to collapse one leaf spring (which was fixed) then the old distrubtor cap cracked up on yet another trip. Before the Maple Extravaganza it had worked solid for 25 years or so on the farm. . . . not that we were superstitious.
 
It makes good shoulder season firewood. The wood also makes interesting tool handles or bowls because of the red coloring that can be present. Other than that I can’t say another positive thing about the tree. In an urban environment they are usually a big nuisance.
 
Barc Buster said:
It makes good shoulder season firewood. The wood also makes interesting tool handles or bowls because of the red coloring that can be present. Other than that I can’t say another positive thing about the tree. In an urban environment they are usually a big nuisance.
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i second the good firewood part!
 
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