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Thu, Jun 14, 07 at 13:22
| I have a sunset maple tree that I have had for about 9 years now. I live in Idaho and the tree has been doing wonderful until this year. What is happening is that 60% of the branches have no leaves and I think they are dead. None of the top branches have any leaves at all. I have been giving the tree plenty of water and I put on some save a tree that the green house gave me. Last year each branch grew about 2-3 feet. I am not sure what happened to it. We did not have a lot of snow cover this year and temperatures fluctuated quit a bit. Our lowest was about -5 for a one week period.
If I look really close at the bark, it looks like I can see some little cracks. Not sure if this is normal or not. Any suggestions? Leave the branches with no leaves on them until next year? Thanks |
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| Probably you have a Red Sunset = 'Franksred' red maple. Maples are prone to dieback diseases, sounds like yours has picked one up. Try Idaho Cooperative Extension, see if they can assist you with diagnosis. |
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| Found out that the tree has Verticillium bacteria. From what I am reading the survival rates for trees is not that great for trees that get this. |
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| Verticillium is normally considered lethal. There are lists on the net for ornamental trees not bothered by it or are very resistent |
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