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my Acer is not very well
phil heywood
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I have had my Acer japonica in a pot for about three years and it has been fine, then I heard that they should be planted in ericatious compost so I thought seeing it was getting quite large I would plant it up a size, this was last Christmas. Anyway the leaf buds came out and opened ok, in May I put it in my garden still in the pot and then they just turned brown on the edges, I was told it might be windburn what is this? Or could it be the wrong compost? Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks
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very prone to windburn, which is basically the desiccation of the leaves by the wind. They're also prone to sun scorch which looks similar. If it's in full sun , especially with the very hot weather we've had recently, could be this.
Try to keep it in a sheltered site, away from the worst of the wind and direct mid afternoon sun,and , of course , keep it well watered.
Thanks hostafan, was I correct about using a lime free compost?
yeah, you got that one right Phil.
A bit of TLC and it'll be good as ever. Fear not.