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Dead acer ?

laurajackmanlaurajackman Posts: 4
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Has this happened to anyone else. The bark has gone white and the leaves have died. Been fine fof three years. Good drainage, good soil and in shady spot out of direct sunlight. What is it and can it be saved ?

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  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,809
    I've struggled to grow acers but I've never seen one as bad as that, did it get like that overnight or was it a long process?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,869
    Had it been recently repotted?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 14,592
    Sorry to be bearing sad tidings, but in the words of Monty Python, that Acer is no more.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,869
    @punkdoc ... I was wondering whether it might have been repotted too deep which could have killed it?  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 14,592
    Hard to tell @Dovefromabove.
    Some of the stems look like it might have verticillium wilt.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • laurajackmanlaurajackman Posts: 4
    It was repotted about a month after i first noticed the problem. I took it out of quite a deep planter that was going rusty. It has taken three months to get to this sad state. I have put it into a smaller pot with ericaceous compost but nothing seems to be helping
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