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Green-leaf Japanese Maple problem
jamesharcourt
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Hi, we're in Sussex UK and back in January we moved a couple of established Japanese Maple trees to different parts of the garden. One of these - the green-leaved variety, came "back to life" pretty quickly and budded and formed leaves about 4-6 weeks back.
However, see the pictures below - in some areas the leaves are dying and I don't understand why, other parts seem healthy. There was some bark damage during the move but I'm concerned the tree might be suffering and that there's something I can do to help it that I'm not doing.
Any help appreciated!
However, see the pictures below - in some areas the leaves are dying and I don't understand why, other parts seem healthy. There was some bark damage during the move but I'm concerned the tree might be suffering and that there's something I can do to help it that I'm not doing.
Any help appreciated!
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What would help for the future would be to carefully take a lot of that grass away from the base. It will compete for moisture and nutrients, and it's very easy to damage the main trunk when cutting the grass.
I'd give it a good circle about four or five feet in diameter round the bottom. Add some compost/leaf mould or similar, water well and add a mulch of chipped bark or gravel to aid water retention. They often suffer if they dry out later in summer - like Camellias etc- and sometimes that causes those burnt edges on leaves, not just frost/wind damage as is often thought.
I'd remove the dead stuff too. As long as it continues to thrive, it should be ok.
Fingers crossed for you
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...