Any Hope For My Japanese Maple ?
martinca_gw sunset zone 24
4 years ago
My area isn’t the best for these, but they are grown successfully in sun here along the coast I may have to move it ...if it survives…to a shadier area. I’m highly doubtful it will recover,. Any thoughts or advice will be very
appreciated. Imagine the dead end of branches should be removed. This pic only shows that there are a few new leaves.
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Comments (2)It also depends on what potting mix it is in, what size pot, and how long it has been in the pot. Have you potted up or preferrably root pruned it lately? Best way (without meters and what not) is to lift the pot and feel it's weight. Water it well and lift it again to compare. Get used to how much it weighs before and after watering and use that to gauge your watering schedule. Sounds like it may have gotten a bit dry. If your potting mix contains a lot of peat, make sure your potting mix hasn't become water resistant (Hygrophobic) If you water and the pot still feels kind of light, the water might be running through a channel and right through without saturating all of the substrate. If so put it in a bucket of water for a few minutes until it feels weighted properly....See More
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
4 years ago
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
4 years agomartinca_gw sunset zone 24
4 years agomartinca_gw sunset zone 24
3 years agoUpdate: only holding out a tiny hope, but it’s getting more leaves..Its a “ trompenberg”.
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