![]() ![]() I told him four different times with emphasis to be very careful around my tree. We started to clear out the area around the Japanese maple. The second time, however, is a different story. This worker did a great job this first time and followed my directions. The first session, we cleared out the area on the other side of the pond from the Japanese maple. Recently I hired someone who was recommended to me and we started work on getting the garden back into shape. During this period of neglect, some raspberry bushes and other wild invasive plants took over my garden. 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. I used to have a gardener but he died a few years ago. It is a beautiful little tree, or at least it was. ![]() In 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. 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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