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Help!!! As you can see from the image, the red maple tree has hardly any leaves - is it a goner?
The builders planted a red maple in front of every house, about 3-4yrs ago. Last yr, the leaves on our tree turned red & fell off before the others. Now this yr, there is hardly any leaves but tons of suckers (last yr there were suckers too that I chopped off)? Anything I can still do to help this tree?
First keep all suckers cut off (no chopping) with clean neat cuts. I would dig up the grass about 12 inches out from your stones. Redo the stones and add mulch. I would NOT kill the grass with round up. Bayer Advanced Disease Control treats a variety of problems. Use per directions. I would wait a few days and add some Osmocote fertilizer. They make an Osmocote for every kind of plant. You can get these at Lowe's, HD or any garden center. I hope this helps.
