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Planted some maple trees.....not doing good.....
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:00 am
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:00 am
When do I know they didn’t make it? Planted about three weeks ago. They looked good and I kept them watered pretty good. I wonder if I didn’t keep them watered enough. Been so dry and windy. Noticed Monday leaves we’re everywhere and they started to wilt and brown.
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:05 am to Art Vandelay
This happened to me with a saw tooth oak. I watered, and watered. Lost all of it's leaves. I left it alone, the next year it grew a ton. Maybe you are watering it too much
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:11 am to Art Vandelay
2 good soaks a week for the first year. Probably, just transplant shock. It went from ideal growing conditions to your yard.
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:23 am to Art Vandelay
How big a maple and how much are you watering it?
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:54 am to FlyinTiger93
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Probably, just transplant shock. It went from ideal growing conditions to your yard.
This, though I’d recommend one good soaking a week - possibly 2 in the extreme heat of summer, in the absence of rain. You can kill many plants from over watering more quickly than under watering.
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:56 am to ItzMe1972
They probably stand 12 ft. I was soaking them good every two days. I skipped a couple days counting on that rain to come through last weekend and it was a flop. I’m going to try some watering bags to help me keep them watered properly so I don’t miss days.
Posted on 4/16/20 at 11:06 am to Art Vandelay
I’m going to try some watering bags to help me keep them watered properly so I don’t miss days.
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Don't water them everyday. The roots need to breath.
Twice a week should be fine if it's not raining.
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Don't water them everyday. The roots need to breath.
Twice a week should be fine if it's not raining.
Posted on 4/16/20 at 11:44 am to Art Vandelay
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started to wilt and brown.
Sounds like over-watering. Over-watering kills more plants than under-watering.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 9:34 pm to FlyinTiger93
Lost every leaf on one and most on another. One that lost them all is already growing them back. So I’m pretty happy. I guess it was just shock. Maybe too hot and dry and not enough water. Couple nice rains mixed in with my regular watering seems like it helped.
Posted on 5/2/20 at 8:03 am to Art Vandelay
What kind of Maple, red, silverleaf, Japanese red, . . .
Posted on 5/2/20 at 8:51 am to Art Vandelay
I would leave it and wait for new leaves. Probably just stressed from transplant
Posted on 8/10/20 at 9:40 am to LEASTBAY
This fricking thing is losing the leaves again. Cross my fingers.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:17 am to Art Vandelay
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This fricking thing is losing the leaves again. Cross my fingers.
Hot and dry - you’ve providing some supplemental watering? Takes a minimum of 1 full growing season for tree/shrubs to settle in and become established, sometimes two. Once you get them through this first summer/fall, I suspect they’ll be OK going forward.
In the future, if you can, try to target your tree/shrub planting in winter, less stress on the plants and less stress on you.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 11:01 am to CrawDude
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Posted on 8/10/20 at 11:52 am to CrawDude
Yeah. I think its in a bad spot. Full sun and it’s on a little ridge in my yard. May be shedding water away. Would drilling some holes help with getting water down to the roots better.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 11:58 am to Art Vandelay
I've seen untold numbers of young maples in the deep south drop leaves in August due to heat. Not that uncommon. Scratch the branch and see if it's still green. It most likely is.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 12:08 pm to Art Vandelay
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Would drilling some holes help with getting water down to the roots better.
Did you dig the planting hole twice was wide, more or less, than the diameter of the root ball? If so, I wouldn’t do anything but put a sprinkler out there and water for good while once or twice a week until we start getting some rain.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 5:44 pm to BottomlandBrew
No it’s still green. Only reason I’m worried is because this is the second time since my first post in July?
Posted on 8/10/20 at 8:35 pm to Art Vandelay
Take your fingernail and scratch a small piece of the bark on a branch. If it’s green....it’s still alive. It is probably just transplant shock.
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