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Ok. I have many different cultivars. I love them. Please post yours! And variety. Right now they're so beautiful.
Japanese Maples
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Wow. Nobody has Jap. maples?
Jap + Maple = Japle
I;ve got this great, Mature Bloodgood I beleive. For the past 3 years it has leafed out less and less each year. I think it has Verticellium Wilt. Maybe it was from an landscape crew's pruning tools? Since I never touched the tree. No idea how to prove how a prune job 18 months ago caused this - doubt you could... Any ways. I think that's what this guy has. I'm thinking only treatment is to cut off the diseased part and pray for the best (plus plant a new one since this one's a goner). SO UPSET. Any Guesses What his mature blood good was worth?
I;ve got this great, Mature Bloodgood I beleive. For the past 3 years it has leafed out less and less each year. I think it has Verticellium Wilt. Maybe it was from an landscape crew's pruning tools? Since I never touched the tree. No idea how to prove how a prune job 18 months ago caused this - doubt you could... Any ways. I think that's what this guy has. I'm thinking only treatment is to cut off the diseased part and pray for the best (plus plant a new one since this one's a goner). SO UPSET. Any Guesses What his mature blood good was worth?
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At that size. I would guess $15-20,000 tree. That's sad!
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Ok. Had some time to resize my pictures small enough to post on here. Here's a few of my Jap Maples taken 2-3 weeks ago..
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You can get seeds on ebay really cheap. However, seeds will only produce a green jap. upright maple tree. In order to get a certain cultivar you will need to graft from that particular cultivar onto a seedling.
ChipperAdam
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No Mulch or lawn chemicals
wa-japle, always keep mulch 6-12" away from the base of plants and trees b/c it suffocates them and also brings disease. you should not use mulch at all b/c dead wood is full of carbon, which requires nitrogen to break down. so the mulch steal the nitrogen from the soil, which is exactly what plants/trees want. also, do you have ur lawn treated? if so the chemicals may be killing the tree also. if you have to treat ur lawn, use cornmeal b/c it is a natural pre emergent herbicide--kills crabgrass--and also feeds the lawn. make sure you apply it before the forsythia bloom in the spring. you can feed again in fall if you really want to. good luck
wa-japle, always keep mulch 6-12" away from the base of plants and trees b/c it suffocates them and also brings disease. you should not use mulch at all b/c dead wood is full of carbon, which requires nitrogen to break down. so the mulch steal the nitrogen from the soil, which is exactly what plants/trees want. also, do you have ur lawn treated? if so the chemicals may be killing the tree also. if you have to treat ur lawn, use cornmeal b/c it is a natural pre emergent herbicide--kills crabgrass--and also feeds the lawn. make sure you apply it before the forsythia bloom in the spring. you can feed again in fall if you really want to. good luck
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I pulled the wood mulch 12" from the tree trunks.
Good idea on the corn meal. I will try that. I've been spraying my grass around the house for weeds and crab grass. It's looking really good so far! But I don't want to jeopardize my precious maples.
Good idea on the corn meal. I will try that. I've been spraying my grass around the house for weeds and crab grass. It's looking really good so far! But I don't want to jeopardize my precious maples.
mga
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mga
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That's a nice looking tree! How old would you say she is?..nice work
thanks.
i had to tie one branch to bend it down for a couple of years to shape it evenly.
it's maybe 7 years old i think. i'd have to ask the wife.
jeffheron
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Nice pics Iowa... Everything cleaned and cared I love the Japanese Maples.
