Hey Folks,
I have a Japanese maple here which was repotted from nursery stock about a month ago. I only made one cut, and that was on the top to shorten the tree. Everything was looking great from the repotting up until this last week. At first, just shortly after repotting I noticed 2 very small shoots off the trunk in the middle of the tree turning black and dying, but the rest of the tree was fine. I figured I must have damaged those while moving the tree around and it wasn’t anything big. A few weeks ago by and the Black Death has spread to more small shoots and now it is coloring the trunk in the middle of the tree. The whole tree is beginning to look stressed and I’m worried that this Black Death is causing some serious issues. The black did not start on an area that I had cut. I have attached a photo of the tree before I did any cutting as well. Is it fungus? I ordered some zerotal. Any other recommendations ? Has anyone else experienced this? Should I go all or nothing and cut it below the Black Death in hopes it will stop the spread? This is normally outside, but photos taken inside tonight to get out of a windstorm.
thank you so much in advance.
I have a Japanese maple here which was repotted from nursery stock about a month ago. I only made one cut, and that was on the top to shorten the tree. Everything was looking great from the repotting up until this last week. At first, just shortly after repotting I noticed 2 very small shoots off the trunk in the middle of the tree turning black and dying, but the rest of the tree was fine. I figured I must have damaged those while moving the tree around and it wasn’t anything big. A few weeks ago by and the Black Death has spread to more small shoots and now it is coloring the trunk in the middle of the tree. The whole tree is beginning to look stressed and I’m worried that this Black Death is causing some serious issues. The black did not start on an area that I had cut. I have attached a photo of the tree before I did any cutting as well. Is it fungus? I ordered some zerotal. Any other recommendations ? Has anyone else experienced this? Should I go all or nothing and cut it below the Black Death in hopes it will stop the spread? This is normally outside, but photos taken inside tonight to get out of a windstorm.
thank you so much in advance.