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Whats wrong with my tree?

NIMAN · 2014-08-21 19:28:34

I have a large tree in the corner of my front garden and it always so full and looks like its flourishing, but I was up close to it today and seen that its leaves are covered in black spots. Looking around it, a large percentage of the leaves are the same, with only the ones very high up which look a different shade and…

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21-08-2014 8:28pm

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NIMAN

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I have a large tree in the corner of my front garden and it always so full and looks like its flourishing, but I was up close to it today and seen that its leaves are covered in black spots.

Looking around it, a large percentage of the leaves are the same, with only the ones very high up which look a different shade and healthier (perhaps these are new shoots?).

Is the tree dying? Or is it nothing to be worried about?

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#2 21-08-2014 9:43pm
Oldtree

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Its just tar spots on sycamore, asthetic damage only, no need to worry as lots of sycamore have it.

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#3 21-08-2014 10:31pm
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As Oldtree says, its a sycamore, that's what they do!

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#4 22-08-2014 9:27am
NIMAN

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Thanks folks, can stop worrying so.

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