I donвЂ™t grow them from seed myself nor do I any longer graft my own trees. I buy lots and lots of tree seedlings and grafted trees. Orida Nishiki Japanese maple grown as a single stem tree. A tree with only two stems is just as nice. ItвЂ™s really nice if a multi stem tree produces at least three trunks to make for an interesting tree, but that doesnвЂ™t always happen. As they grow trim the tops as needed so they are balanced. Just plant them and allow them to start growing. They usually do the multi stem thing on their own without encouragement. I just plant them out as is and allow them to start growing.

I used to suggest cutting them back as as soon as you get them so they fill out into multi stem trees. If this seems contradictory to what IвЂ™ve said about Japanese maple seedlings in the past, thatвЂ™s because it is. In small quantities the cost a little more, but not that much.Д«ut the question that people have all the time is once they get these things, they are like вЂњMike, now what do I do with them?вЂќ Japanese Red Maple Trees are Usually Grown as Multi-Stem Trees. In the Buy/Sell Section of Our Members Area trees like this are available several times a year. There are 20 or 25 Japanese maples in this bundle. Our growers either grow these and sell them as is or they buy them from other growers. I know they they donвЂ™t look like much but these are Japanese maple tree seedlings.

Maple seedlings