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Possible diseased maple tree

  • 28-06-2013 7:15pm
    #1
    ene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭


    Hi, first off I know absolutely nothing about plants so forgive me if I am totally wrong about this but I think a maple tree in our back garden has some sort of disease.

    Some of the leaves are dead and there is a sort of white fuzz or dots on the trunk.

    Just wondering does anyone know what this could be? And is there anything a gardening idiot can do to get rid of it!?

    Thanks

    Ene


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  • #2
    Oldtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,109 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    Nice acer.
    The leaf die back looks like lack of water, or perhaps wind damage and/or somthing like coral spot from drought or waterlogging.
    I cant see the white stuff clearly, is it a fungus or a lichen?
    Is the acer in a very damp spot.
    Perhaps move the tree to a sunny spot so that the bark dries out and with a tray underneath the pot so you can keep an eye on the tray you know when to water.


  • #3
    kynzvart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭kynzvart


    I've had the same problem with a maple in a tub, only a few weeks ago, it was covered in a tiny black fly under the leaves and the leaves were dying, I have sprayed it and it seems to have cured it so far.but I am keeping a very close eye on it.I would hate to lose it as I have it a number of years.


  • #4
    ene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭ene


    It sounds odd but when you hit it it looks fluffy. I really know nothing about plants!! It is in a tub which I couldn't move to save my life and it has been there for years!


  • #5
    ene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭ene


    Hopefully this is a better picture


  • #6
    shrubs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭shrubs


    Possibly Verticillium wilt.


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  • #7
    rje66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭rje66


    ene wrote: »
    Hopefully this is a better picture

    Rub some of the white stuff and see is there any insects under it.


  • #8
    Oldtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,109 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    ene wrote: »
    Hopefully this is a better picture

    Looks like wooly aphids. Rub off to remove. asthetic damage only. Would suggest a moisture meter if you dont get a tray.


  • #9
    ene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭ene


    So the tree is fine then? I can't move the tree so is there anything else I can do to fix this?


  • #10
    tara m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭tara m


    Yeah it's woolly aphid, used to have hydrangeas that got infested each summer! I'd just gently wash it off with a bit of kitchen roll in a bowl of water with a tiny splash of vinegar in it. I couldn't wash the hydrangeas though - got rid of them completely and never has woolly aphid again - worth checking any big shrubs nearby in case it has spread a bit.


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