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Sat, May 12, 12 at 20:15
| Went away for a week and today my Japanese maple looks BAD.
It's about 6 years old, around 8 feet tall, never anything but healthy and vigorous. Today was the first time I found it ailing. The other four around it (different cultivars) are all fine. Any idea what the trouble is and what I should do? Thanks! |
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| Most likely frost damage, but could also be some kind of (bacterial?) leaf spot, I guess. But, I say most likely frost. |
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| Oh, thank you, that is something I didn't even consider, but it makes sense. We had that freakish super-early spring with temps 20-30 degrees above normal, and then a few nights of hard frost about 3 weeks ago. Would it take a few weeks for the damage to show up like that? Thanks again. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, May 13, 12 at 9:11
| if it stays cool after a frost [days int eh 50's lets say] .. then it might not become 'apparent' .. until the air temps spike.. actually drying the dead tissue ... its frost damage.. not a secondary leaf spot ... ken |
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| Thanks very much, good to know. Am I correct to suppose there's nothing I can do, and that the tree will just look bad this year, but be fine? |
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| Well, you can go out there with a pair of scissors and cut off the dead tips :-) |
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| Lucky for me my eyesight is not that good anymore.... ;) |
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