This guy was fighting mildew for part of the summer but otherwise seemed healthy, until... I looked at the bark more closely. -- The upper portion of the trunk seems to have some disease or something going on. I can't tell yet if it's the "Pseudomonas syringae" bacterial disease that Michael mentions on his blog or not. Here: http://crataegus.com/2011/11/29/read-this-if-you-grow-japanese-maple/
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It appears to be only in-between two wounds on the trunk (unfortunately that is much of the trunk...). You should be able to see where between my fingers in one of the pictures. -- I don't think the junk near the apex is from a disease; It just looks like the wound was treated poorly to my eye. That part will need to go for sure, but if the rest of the browned area is too diseased I may just cut all the way down to the straight section below the lowest wound and start over from there.
Can anyone tell from the pictures what's going on? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
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It appears to be only in-between two wounds on the trunk (unfortunately that is much of the trunk...). You should be able to see where between my fingers in one of the pictures. -- I don't think the junk near the apex is from a disease; It just looks like the wound was treated poorly to my eye. That part will need to go for sure, but if the rest of the browned area is too diseased I may just cut all the way down to the straight section below the lowest wound and start over from there.
Can anyone tell from the pictures what's going on? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
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