Japanese Maple, brown curled leaf tips
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18 years ago
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Comments (5)Last fall I built a couple of raised beds in front of my house in which I placed ten Japanese Holly shrubs. I built the retaining walls of the beds with concrete blocks on a concrete foundation. I filled the beds with screened topsoil brought in from a local (Raleigh, NC) supplier. The holly plants seemed to be doing very well until a few weeks ago when I noticed the leaves on one of the shrubs were turning brown and curling. This symptom is now becoming apparent on shrubs adjacent to the worst affected plant. The bed that contains the sick plants is pretty shallow and therefore, of my two beds, is probably the most affected by lime leached from the new concrete and mortar from the bed walls. I will try the acid and iron treatment recommended in earlier postings. I intend to post results of the treatment in a future posting....See Moreleaf curl (and death) in Japanese maple
Comments (3)The tree is about 3' high; the pot is approximately 18" in diameter, 30" deep. So the pot seems appropriately sized. ==>> i dont know about this presumption.. w/o a pic.. it sounds like a 5 gallon pot.. which might be small for a 3 foot tree ... regardless.. trees. in general.. do NOT like a lot of water ... they like a drink.. and then near full drainage.. and near drying in between ... which brings me to the issue .. IMHO ... whats the potting media...??? if you are watering it.. like a water loving annual .. or perennial.. and basically.. never letting it near dry.. i think you are drowning it.. and once the roots start reacting.. the usual result.. is leaf damage .. no matter how much you water.. once the roots rot.. the leaves cant get water.. which .. if i am right.. means all MONTHLY [which seems excessive] fungicide was a waste.. and PERHAPS.. the key is.. when you said: It's well watered; in fact last summer one concern was that maybe I wasn't watering it enough (I know maples like water), but this summer I've been more generous, so if i am right.. and do understand.. its all speculation.. that it had a root rot type problem.. your increasing water.. only increased the problem... it probably boils down.. to you trying to kill it. with TOO MUCH love ... what is the potting media. .. did you do any kind of root surgery prior to repotting... was it badly rootbound when you stuck it in this pot ... and can we see a picture?? trees.. really should be in mother earth .. because.. growing them in pots .. is VERY hard ... is there any chance you can free it??? ken...See MoreShishigashira - brown tipped, curling leaves
Comments (6)Of course there could be numerous reasons but if I were a bettin man I'd put my money on sun damage ..I planted a similar sized one last year in alot of sun and it crisp'd pretty badly ...the leaves are crinkled and you'd think that might help make them more sun tolerant but no it doesn't ,,,of course it could be too much water or wind but I'd put my money on the sun from my experience ... especially in your area where it is probably getting pretty hot now unlike when ya planted it..you do not say whether it was planted sun or shade but with the rep of this tree taking sun I assume you planted in at least part to mostly sun ... My tree this year seems better as far as sun resistance although it was slapped hard by the freeze... I think as with most trees as it ages this crisping will subside except under extreeme hot summer conditions of which nothing is immmuned ...David...See MoreRed Maple leaves reddish/brown on tips and curling up
Comments (2)The biggest mistake I have made with newly planted maples in the past is to over-water them. Maples like moist soil, not wet soil. I would never water a maple every day. I would put mulch near (but not touching) the base of the tree and water about twice a week, even for newly planted trees. The great thing about maples is that they will rebound with fresh new leaves next spring. Also, they get more and more heat/sun tolerant each year they are in the ground. I have found it takes around 3 full growing seasons before they reach their peak heat/sun tolerance. -Brett...See Morepaul3636
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