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Amur Maple is turning red all over, 2 weeks after planting

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

It looks like it would, if it were October. I assume it's stressed, and that it will soon lose all its leaves. I thought these trees were easy to transplant? My 14 Arborvitaes were so easy to transplant, and are still doing great.

Can this tree come back from its transplant shock? I hope so.

Wayne, please refrain from commenting on this question.

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Smivies (Ontario - 5b)

5 years ago

I hear your pain...

When I feel the need to plant an Amur Maple, I just drive out to a 4 mile stretch of road adjacent to a highway where it was used for plantings. After seeing the thousands of young seed grown trees along the roadside, I think better of it and go home again.

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waynedanielson
5 years ago
You've chosen plants that are about as tough and durable as plants can get. That being said, individuals (referring to plants) can have differing results. Also true of people.

Color of cambium?
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whaas_5a
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
My bet is too much water and/or planted too deep
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ilovemytrees
Original Author
5 years ago
Well.....it's dead. I scratched the bark on the trunk, and it's brownish/white. I dug it up and inspected all the soil in the planting hole. I ran my hands through all of it. The soil wasn't at all wet, it was damp. It was planted so you could see the root flare.

I'm disappointed about this one; it's almost impossible to get a multitrunked amur maple, unless you want to pay Sooner's ridiculous $100, which I won't.

I'm going to look at other types of maples to plant. I know I could put a sugar maple in there and it would grow effortlessly, but I don't want that big of a tree. Thank you for your replies.
User
5 years ago
Just saw 4 ft. with short single trunk and multiple leaders Amur @ Lowes for $50 last weekend. They looked ridiculously healthy.
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ilovemytrees
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5 years ago
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I just ordered another one, at Cold Stream Farm, for $5 ($17 shipping). It's a single trunk tree, but I can prune it later on if I want, to make it a multi trunk, since it's only going to be 1-2ft tall, and bare-root. The one that I planted 2 weeks ago was so root bound that it wasn't funny. At least this one won't be...

It's worth a try, and if this new one doesn't work out, no big deal, I'll try again with another type of tree next year. Thank you, Bill and Smivies, for your responses.
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5 years ago
I’m in Nebraska and the tree nursery guys aren’t even telling me it’s ‘ok but not recommended’ to plant the firefall maple I am going to have planted on the western side of the property to provide future shade, until the end of August. They simply don’t want to see the tree transplanted only to get burnt and die over the course of the summer heat - and I’m getting a tree that is several years old already, the nursery will be doing the transplant and irrigation setup.
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