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I planted five red maples (Fantasy, Red Maple: mixed) in the fall last year throughout my backyard. Two of the five have bark peeling off from the trunk at about 4 and 14 inches from gound level. They are seemingly thriving other than this appearance of "insect or trauma damage". When planted, they were visually without any damage to the trunks. The one showing an area of about 4 inches of ovoid shaped damage to the truck, is generating new exterior truck growth to close the apparent "wound" around what appears to be dead center wood. Are there any insect problems common to this tree that invade the bark? Should I do anything to facilitate the longevity of their existance in my landscape? I want strong long lived trees for shade in my eastern exposed backyard. Thank you, Jace
6/3/20084:45:49 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment
Jace,The red maple is a very weak wooded tree that is susceptible to storm damage or any other type of damage. If the over all health of the tree does not seem to be jeopardized then the tree is doing a good job of repairing itself. If you do start to see problems we have a product called Tree Trunk Goop that you can mix with water to form a paste that you spread on the wound which will help keep insects and disease out of the tree until it can heal itself properly.I have a willow tree that was planted to deep and mulched to high. As a result about 12" of the base has lost it's bark completly. The tree is blooming and it's only 2years old. The question is if it gets diseased should I remove the tree now or will it survive if I paint the tree white where it's missing bark . Also where it's a willow and their known to constantly loose limbs to high winds is this another reason to remove it now before it gets to big.Finally,is there something else I can use to bring back the bark or prevent disease.
5/12/200812:14:30 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment
Tree Questions, Tree Trunk Goop
Remove the mulch away from the tree exposing the bare soil. Water the tree slowly to allow moisture to reach the root system and fertilize with root stimulator. If the tree show signs of stress we have a product called Tree Trunk Goop that you can mix with water and make a paste to spread on the bare parts of the trunk. Removing the tree will be a chore since it is 2 years old and the roots have already spread out pretty far.
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