12/16/2023 0 Comments Bloodgood japanese maple bonsaiIn the rock garden area, I planted my low hanging Japanese maple. I created a zen rock garden with a two pond waterfall. We also wonder if because an evergreen bush lived there forever beforehand, that the soil is too acidic (is that even a thing with JMs?).Īny suggestions to revive or have we already lost it? My husband is convinced we’ve underwatered due to our overwatering PTSD. The tree probably gets more than the ideal amount of sun but still overall receives majority shade throughout the day. When I pull back the mulch, the soil is definitely moist but not soggy. That being said, we’ve had somewhat frequent light rains. Because of our previous experience, I have been hesitant to water too much. Seems to be evenly distributed around the tree – not limited to one branch or side. Just today I noticed about 1/4 of the leaves on the tree are starting to shrivel up and get crunchy. Made sure to plant slightly above the root ball, added fresh topsoil, and mulched. We picked a new spot (opposite side of the yard from where the previous two died as we knew those were due to overwatering and bad drainage). We did our best to pull away all the burlap to let the roots breathe. Typical with HD, the root ball had a lot of clay packed into it. We JUST planted a Bloodgood from Home Depot about 4 weeks back. Our Japanese Maple victim count is up to two over here and I’m worried we’re nearing three. My husband and I are well versed at killing trees. Be sure to check out the link and watch the video in my response. And each year tends to bring different reactions. It’s possible that not being in a lot of sun that they won’t get that amazing fall color. See this Īnswer: All seems normal too me. Japanese maples really don’t revert but you can get weird growth from below the graft union. All my Jap Maps are at least 8 – 16 years old with one Crimson Queen 25 years.Īs such I am concerned with curling brown leaves on some plus those “larger green leaves” being possible reversion on one of the Coral Barks? Wondering if it is okay to trim off those green leaves NOW as soon will be only leaves left on the tree?!!Īnswer: After a month of the leaves being yellow it’s just time for them to fall off. Do plan to transplant 2 but waiting until January or February when completely dormant. I have tried to plant all a little “high” and never fertilize though they do get a lot of fallen oak leaves every fall. My Bloodgood still has most leaves (but no real red leaves and my Emperor 1 looks same). Also my Garnet Maple is an incredible scarlet red nearby one of the Coral Barks and my ShiShiGashira Lion’s Head has just started to get a few orange leaves on top. None are in full sun most get afternoon & morning filtered shade if not full shade (but all get some sun). In addition – have 2 Crimson Queens & Red Dragon that never really turned red this fall and leaves are brown and falling at least on top too. I also had trimmed some of the ends on one in August (looked wispy in a weird way) and now it has green leaves shooting out those branches – they are somewhat larger leaves so am also concerned with possibility of reversion?!! It is 68 degrees here today and we had a decent rain couple days ago – begonias and Sun Impatients are still blooming as no frost here yet.Īll of a sudden this week both of my Sango Coral Barks suddenly got noticeable brown curled leaves after having glorious yellow leaves for at least a month. Fertilizer with something organic like fish emulsion fertilizer, Millorganite, or another organic fertilizer. That’s what all plants, especially Japanese maples need.īut not all of us have good soil in our yards so what do we do. For years and years vegetation falls to the earth and rots and becomes topsoil. Really good topsoil is just that, organic matter. What a Japanese maple really needs is good rich soil that contains a significant amount of organic matter. What Should I Use to Fertilize My Japanese Maple? Most ornamental plants physically cannot grow fast enough to use that much nitrogen and the overload of nitrogen will kill them almost immediately. Nitrogen drives top growth, vegetative growth, on plants. A bag of 14-14-14 garden fertilizer contains 14% Nitrogen, 14% Phosphorous and 14% potassium.Īnd as soon as you apply it and it gets wet, bam! All 14% of that nitrogen is released immediately. Garden fertilizers are designed to be immediate release.
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