tnaz71
Yamadori
I have a medium sized cork maple that has been doing very well till today. I got home from work & it looked as if it was caught on fire. The leaves were black & the whole tree was wilted beyond belief. Weird thing is yesterday It was perfectly fine... I checked the tree it still appears to be alive so hopefull it will bounce back. It's odd I have owned this maple for about the last 15yrs and never had anything like this happen before.
Now the weather was great today! It was partly cloudy, humid, was hot but not as hot as it has been, and slightly windy. Nothing in my eyes to cause this. I have all my japanese maples on one bench & this is the only one that ended up like this. I doubt someone came in and did it. They are hidden under shade cloth with much easier ones to be had if someone felt the need. So it had to just be something with the tree itself.
It was watered last night & actually was still moist when I checked it this afternoon. It's not in a bonsai pot yet, been trying to gain some size on the trunk so it's in a cut down 5 gallon nursery pot. Was just repotted this spring, so soil is good, drains quick but holds moisture. I see no bugs in sight, & I pulled from the pot a bit to see if root rot or bugs in the soil I saw nothing & roots look healthy from what I could see.
I cut all the leaves off, shortened the branches a bit & am praying that it makes it.
I didn't take any pictures, was too aggravated at the time & didnt think of it.
Anyone ever had something like this happen? I just want to prevent it from happening again to another one.
Now the weather was great today! It was partly cloudy, humid, was hot but not as hot as it has been, and slightly windy. Nothing in my eyes to cause this. I have all my japanese maples on one bench & this is the only one that ended up like this. I doubt someone came in and did it. They are hidden under shade cloth with much easier ones to be had if someone felt the need. So it had to just be something with the tree itself.
It was watered last night & actually was still moist when I checked it this afternoon. It's not in a bonsai pot yet, been trying to gain some size on the trunk so it's in a cut down 5 gallon nursery pot. Was just repotted this spring, so soil is good, drains quick but holds moisture. I see no bugs in sight, & I pulled from the pot a bit to see if root rot or bugs in the soil I saw nothing & roots look healthy from what I could see.
I cut all the leaves off, shortened the branches a bit & am praying that it makes it.
I didn't take any pictures, was too aggravated at the time & didnt think of it.
Anyone ever had something like this happen? I just want to prevent it from happening again to another one.