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Fertilizer with something organic like fish emulsion fertilizer, Millorganite, or another organic fertilizer. My husband and I are well versed at killing trees. Our Japanese Maple victim count is up to two over here and I’m worried we’re nearing three. We JUST planted a Bloodgood from Home Depot about 4 weeks back. Typical with HD, the root ball had a lot of clay packed into it. We did our best to pull away all the burlap to let the roots breathe. 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). Made sure to plant slightly above the root ball, added fresh topsoil, and mulched. Just today I noticed about 1/4 of the leaves on the tree are starting to shrivel up and get crunchy. Seems to be evenly distributed around the tree – not limited to one branch or side. That being said, we’ve had somewhat frequent light rains.īecause of our previous experience, I have been hesitant to water too much. When I pull back the mulch, the soil is definitely moist but not soggy. The tree probably gets more than the ideal amount of sun but still overall receives majority shade throughout the day. 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. I created a zen rock garden with a two pond waterfall. In the rock garden area, I planted my low hanging Japanese maple. It is a beautiful little tree, or at least it was. I used to have a gardener but he died a few years ago. I’ve had some back problems that kept me from working on my garden for the last couple of years and I had not been able to find competent help during the meantime. During this period of neglect, some raspberry bushes and other wild invasive plants took over my garden. Recently I hired someone who was recommended to me and we started work on getting the garden back into shape. The first session, we cleared out the area on the other side of the pond from the Japanese maple. This worker did a great job this first time and followed my directions. The second time, however, is a different story. We started to clear out the area around the Japanese maple.
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