Andrew
Attractive To Bees
Hi all,
A few weeks ago we had a new maple put in. The maple is about 20ft high, the trunk about 3 inches across.
When put in, it had a watering ring installed, which, I've just found out, didn't work very well. Looks like it went maybe 3 days without watering.
At first, it had a few wilty leaves along the bottom; it seemed to recover OK. I refilled the ring and it seemed to be perking up.
We went away for a few days, and though it rained at least once (downpour) while we were away, the ring hadn't drained, though it had let out water to the point it couldn't reach the drip tubes.
We came back to find that there were now brown leaves on the bottom, and here and there a few more, and is quite droopy at the bottom but overall looks OK.
I replaced the drip ring with a hose on VERY low flow, and put it on for about an hour. I'll continue to do that until I find out whatever I'm supposed to be doing...
I do still see new growth that wasn't there about 5 days ago, and I don't see any leaves that have dropped.
So... not sure what to do. I may be overreacting & realize it may be transplant shock.... I'm attaching some pics (reasonably high res) for anyone who knows about trees & has guidance or suggestions!
Thanks in advance for any help.
Andrew
A few weeks ago we had a new maple put in. The maple is about 20ft high, the trunk about 3 inches across.
When put in, it had a watering ring installed, which, I've just found out, didn't work very well. Looks like it went maybe 3 days without watering.
At first, it had a few wilty leaves along the bottom; it seemed to recover OK. I refilled the ring and it seemed to be perking up.
We went away for a few days, and though it rained at least once (downpour) while we were away, the ring hadn't drained, though it had let out water to the point it couldn't reach the drip tubes.
We came back to find that there were now brown leaves on the bottom, and here and there a few more, and is quite droopy at the bottom but overall looks OK.
I replaced the drip ring with a hose on VERY low flow, and put it on for about an hour. I'll continue to do that until I find out whatever I'm supposed to be doing...
I do still see new growth that wasn't there about 5 days ago, and I don't see any leaves that have dropped.
So... not sure what to do. I may be overreacting & realize it may be transplant shock.... I'm attaching some pics (reasonably high res) for anyone who knows about trees & has guidance or suggestions!
Thanks in advance for any help.
Andrew