will this japanese maple make it??

i know this is young, but i bought and its in pretty bad shape. Will it make it? ANy special care suggestions, and is this a lace leaf?

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It looks like it's either too dry or getting too much sun (or possibly both). You don't mention what zone you're in, but if you live in a hot climate I think it would probably do better in partial shade, it looks like a pretty sunny location where it is. And if it's newly planted, it's important to make sure that the soil doesn't get too dry.

ecrane3 is right, either too dry or getting too much sun (or possibly both) - also the additional heat radiating from the concrete? walkway behind it would create a very "hot" spot for your Japanese Maple - how long has it been planted and any chance you could move it?

How did you see Mwrights pictures? I pasted it into address bar...didnt work

chris

It worked for me, just don't include the stuff in brackets: the [IMG] and [/IMG].

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Ahhh, got it. Thanks claypa. I musta still had a piece of bracket.

If it's too hot where you are to move the Japenese maple now, try putting a tent of shade cloth over it until the fall when you can move it. Judging by how well your full sun shrubs look, I agree that this is not a good location for your maple...but the something with that form would look good there.

Laceleafs need shelter from wind and full sun - I planted my filigree in a location where it is sheltered a little from the wind but receives full sun the majority of the day, and only receives shade late in the evening.

One of my favorite "gardening guru's" told me to deep water this tree about twice a week, especially in this heat. I've been deep watering it twice to three times a week since our temps have been 95 to 100 for a while now. I just put the hose a little away from the trunk and let it trickle for about an hour (mine is in the ground though you wouldn't want to water it for that long in a container).
He indicated maples take a good year to get established, people tend to water them well for a month or so, then just water occasionally or with sprinklers after that, which is often the cause of the burning on the leaves.

I just planted mine this spring and has been amazed how well its doing considering the heat conditions and winds we have had this summer.

Last year I had a little red maple, looked dead, it came back up this year, but still seems to be struggling, I need to amend the soil around it a little more I think.

the maples you are trying to get established do prefere a more acid soil, dapple shade and well out of strong winds that can strip the cut leafs down to a papery mess, they like some leaf mould added to the planting earth also, they are slow growing and in my area of Scotland, looses their leaves in winter after showing off with the lovely autumn colours, them regrow the wonderful feathery, lacey leaves again come spring, to get enough water to the roots in a hot summer, dig a hole beside the roots and add an upturned juice canister that you have cut the bottom from, place the narrow neck end into the hole as far down as you can without damaging the roots, and as you water, fill the juice container up a few times so that the water reaches the roots better, this saves the worry of water shedding off the top of the soil and the roots dont get any, it will need this treatment for its first year or two to really let it find its way down into the earth where it can search for the moisture it needs, but in a pot, it should be placed in a shaded area and if the pot soil dries, stick it into a large bucket of water till the soil goes dark, this is an indication that the moisture has been taken up like a sponge, then remove the pot and it will drain itself, you also need to feed with acidic plant food more in a pot than in the garden as there aint as much soil in the pot after a while due to root growth. but wind and hot sun are the worse enemy for burning the leaves of these atractive small trees. hope this helps. WeeNel.

WeeNel,

How cool, I didn't know you live in Scotland! I have always to visit there and heard it is beautiful!
Thanks I have learned so much from you! What a great idea to use a juice container!

Ofcource it's beautifull, but right now, we have had the coldest, wettest summer I remember, we started with a really unusually hot spring, sent all my plants into great growth, them wham, rain, cold and windy, poor plants never knew what season it was, Delphiniums, Lupins etc all laying on the ground, oh well, thats gardening for you. other parts of Uk are under 3 to 6 feet of water and lost their home etc, so it seems like world wide, there is a real climate change going on. happy Gardening. Weenel.