Japanese Maples

Comment by Teresa Holgate on April 21, 2009 at 1:34pm

I have a maple in my garden that always gets a brown crusty edges during part of the summer. What should I do?

Comment by Evelyn Nichols on April 21, 2009 at 8:44pm

After discussion with my husband (the expert), he said that you should mulch your tree. Do not place mulch up to the trunk of any tree because that invites insects. Also, make sure that the Japanese maple gets watered in the cool of the day. Watering while the sun is out will scorch the leaves. If you live where it is very hot days, place Japanese maple in the semi-shade. Don't over fertilize your maple, fertilize your maple only twice during the growing season with Miracle Grow or Peters. (Follow directions). Hope this will help.

Comment by Tim Nichols on April 21, 2009 at 11:25pm

Well, Mom, you beat me to it!

Comment by Evelyn Nichols on February 20, 2012 at 10:22pm

Matt Nichols, board member to the North American Branch of the Maple Society will be a the Nichols Nursery booth at the Spring Garden Show Growin' In the Mountains  at the Western North Carolina Farmers Market in Asheville, N.C.  That begins Friday, April 27  from 9:00 a.m. till 6 p.m. and runs through Saturday, April 28 from 9:00 a.m.  till 4:00 p.m. He can answer all your questions and concerns about Japanese Maples.

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