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I'd thinking of opening and shortening the upper side branches to reduce the broad looking top and very symmetrical shape.
I had the same thing happen last year to a Bloodgood Japanese maple. Though I flooded it regularly, the post-mortem showed the roots at the center...
Is there a test other than symptoms that's practical for an individual tree?
I planted this Bloodgood two weeks ago. It has a 2 inch trunk and is about 8ft x 6ft. It had a few wilted leaves at the nursery that I removed...
That's difficult for trees in the ground.
I rely on a $10 garden store moisture meter; the kind with two long probes that indicates pH and light too. Is there a better method?
Hmmm. Do you really think so? The leaf lobes and shape seems much less fine than atropurureum.
I bought this bedraggled JM off the nursery clearance table; poorly pruned but otherwise healthy. The leaf shape is pretty generic but I thought...
I'm preparing to plant a large (for a new planting) Bloodgood next week. I've read a lot of conflicting information about the best planting...
Well, the branches have died and become brittle. No budding. I've used the drip bottle technique to keep it barely moist. There may be some life...
Latest on crisis Bloodgood Maple All leaves have failed. No other indicators. It had started new buds on a number of branches, but they're...
Our "Arizona Monsoon" has begun and daily showers have put moisture level beyond my control. I seen signs of budding, but I won't know if they're...
What time frame should I use? The dried leaves easily crush to dust, leaving the stalk, but I haven't seen any budding since before the problem...
Thank you for the suggestions. It didn't look root-bound when I removed it from the plastic container, but it may have just been the outer layer...
I monitor soil moisture with a garden store moisture meter. Routinely I water when it gets down to low in "moist" range and afterward its reads...
Last spring we planted an 8 ft Bloodgood maple and a Crimson Queen maple about 15 ft apart in a raised bed that gets filtered sun. Both were in 15...