With a PH around 7 you do not need to do anything to lower it. Japanese maples are not like acid soil loving plants like rhododendrons, for...
Hi. What's the PH of your soil? Acer roots stay close to the surface, and digging deeper than the rootball - which isn't deep since you are...
I agree. I have both : and the green version is pretty great.
Hi. There could be a number of reasons. My Beni Otake (also in a pot) had sun until early afternoon last year, and this did a lot of damage to...
Hi, Ron- so you're saying that alternating and letting the soil go from very wet to dry and back again is bad for the tree - can you say more...
Yes, pics - may be it's the sun, and or the dry air, may be you water it too much or not enough, may be too much fertilization, may be it wasn't...
Hi. There is indoor and there is outdoor bonsai as well. Bonsai doesn't mean indoor. Maples would be outdoor bonsai. Schusch
Hi. I agree with what you are saying, and with Gomero. In pots, however, it can be a different matter. A lot of maples I get arrive...
Hi. mixing peat with garden soil in a pot isn't a good recipe: the roots need air. Like whis4ey says, you need a well draining mix (achieved, for...
Absolutely, but you need to be pretty patient. Keep it this year and see what it looks like at the end of summer. Plant a new one in the...
I agree.
It looks dead. The black discolorations are a sign of disease. Ron points to a pretty discouraging issue, which is that 'most' (all) japanese...
The raised bed is not a bad idea, actually, as it might be easier to keep the tree alive there than in a pot, given a few cultural adjustments,...
Galt- thanks for the long elaboration. When you say "Additionally, we have to distinguish the canker form of pseudomonas from the topical blight...
I'd like to clarify what you two are saying, Gomero and Galt: you both agree that pseudomonas won't kill a bigger tree in one week. Gomero - if...
