{"id":137,"date":"2023-04-08T14:47:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T18:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/?p=137"},"modified":"2023-04-08T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T18:47:40","slug":"red-maple-tree-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/2023\/04\/08\/red-maple-tree-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Maple Tree Updates!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Visited: April 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love getting to visit my tree and see how much it changes by the week. While I&#8217;m not yet seeing any flowering, I saw that many more branches of my red maple were beginning to bud. I expect flowering to begin soon as the weeks get warmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-marked-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-marked-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-marked-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-marked-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-marked-1537x2048.jpg 1537w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-marked-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-marked.jpg 1576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Marked-up picture showing branches all up the tree buds, rather than the long, low-hanging branches that have been budding since the start of my observations. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My tree is very small and skinny compared to a lot of the surrounding trees, so its branches get easily lost while trying to take pictures to share. I circled some budding to distinguish my tree from the surrounding ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The branches that have been budding since the beginning of my observations are beginning to open up a bit, making me eager to see what it&#8217;ll look like once flowered! There aren&#8217;t many buds per twig on any branch, which makes sense considering the young age of my tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-up-close-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-up-close-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-up-close-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-up-close-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-up-close-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-up-close-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/04\/april-7-up-close-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The twig shown above is probably the most accessible twig for picture-taking and easy observation, and as you can see, there are very few buds on it. However, I see the top just beginning to open! There will definitely be much more exciting observations to report soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visited: April 7 I love getting to visit my tree and see how much it changes by the week. 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