I guess it will all be over soonThat is typical for dead cambium & bark. Your tree is having big problems and changes are, it is on its way out. Once a trunk starts to color black it usually is the end of playtime.
Maybe for a week or so. Maybe I will be lucky since the soots are very thin. I thought I will have better chances that with cuttingsHow long have air layers been in place?
Thanks. I searched around and it does look like thatThe color is definitely not normal.
Could indicate a pseudomonous (?) infection
It didn't grow too much until now. I could take maybe 5 cuttings. That's why I started the airlayers. I did another one this morning, after leatherback's response and will probably do a few more. I hope it will survive enough for the layers to takeThis black rot on J maples, is one reason why I've given up on them.
They seem to need all the sprays and all the chemicals.... I don't know how anyone keeps up with them.
They always look so pretty and healthy, until one moment when they suddenly don't, and it's too late.
Maybe take some soft wood cuttings where and try again?
hope it will survive enough for the layers to take
Yes, that's what I'm hoping for. I was thinking I would have better luck with air layers than cuttings. I will take some cuttings too, though.Besides avoiding this hassle like the plague, I don't know anything about it.
But I would research the chances of you bringing it with you into the future via cuttings etc...
Sorce
Yes, that's what I'm hoping for. I was thinking I would have better luck with air layers than cuttings. I will take some cuttings too, though.
That would be another disappointmentI mean, those cuttings may already be infected.
Sorce
I will most likely spray it with somethingCould it help to start treating the tree to prevent the air layers from getting infected?
I don't get this at all. I have a lot of Japanese Maples, most are about twelve years old and I never spray anything or use any chemicals and I have never seen anything like this on any of them.This black rot on J maples, is one reason why I've given up on them.
They seem to need all the sprays and all the chemicals.... I don't know how anyone keeps up with them.
They always look so pretty and healthy, until one moment when they suddenly don't, and it's too late.
Maybe take some soft wood cuttings where and try again?
I don't get this at all. I have a lot of Japanese Maples, most are about twelve years old and I never spray anything or use any chemicals and I have never seen anything like this on any of them.
I don't get this at all. I have a lot of Japanese Maples, most are about twelve years old and I never spray anything or use any chemicals and I have never seen anything like this on any of them.
No, not exactly. The dry side you refer to is the east side of the Cascade Mountains, which is about two thirds of the state. High elevation semi arid desert. I'm on the west side of the Cascades, on the eastern side of the Inland Valley between the Intercoastal Mountains and the Cascades. Except I'm not in the valley. I'm up on one of the foothills leading up to the Cascades. There's hundreds of them and hundreds of little micro climates all depending on which side of the mountain you're on at what elevation.Aren't you on the dry side of Oregon?
Sorce