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i just signed in because my tree is really wilting at the moment

d.aldrichd.aldrich Posts: 6
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Please can someone tell me if my Maple tree is okay as the leaves look to be wilting and are very yellow, is this normal 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2019
    Hi and welcome 😊 
    Can you show us pic of the whole tree too please? 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • d.aldrichd.aldrich Posts: 6

  • d.aldrichd.aldrich Posts: 6
    d.aldrich said:

    My wilting tree, the leaves feel really floppy. Any ideas out there...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Is this the tree’s first spring with you?  Some varieties of acer/maple have very bright colouration in the spring and the colour becomes ‘quieter’ as the season wears on. 

    The limp leaves could be due to drying winds, but I’d give it a couple of buckets full of water to be on the safe side ... the result of a drought last summer and a dry winter and spring is that the ground a few inches below the surface is very dry in many places. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • d.aldrichd.aldrich Posts: 6
    Thanks, I planted it at the end of last summer. Should I  stick a hose pipe on it for a while.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I would. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • d.aldrichd.aldrich Posts: 6
    How long for as I am worried of over watering 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Depends how hard the tap is turned on ... to be honest it’s hard to over water a tree that’s planted in the ground ... but I’d give it the equivalent of a couple of buckets today and again in three days’ time and the same twice a week through spring and summer unless there’s heavy rain. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • d.aldrichd.aldrich Posts: 6
    Great, Thanks for your great advise 

    Have a good evening  :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Thank you ... and you  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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