Is our Japanese maple dead or dieing ?

[juanbenae]

Peppermint oil does a pretty good job with the deer up here. It can be stupid expensive, but I found a 16 oz. bottle of NATURES STAR brand that was reasonably priced on Amazon. Also spray it around the garage to keep mice out. Its concentrate so I mix it in a sprayer bottle with water. It separates so it needs to be shook often when applying.

I tear rags into strips, tie it on the tomato trainer deals and spray the rags once a week or so. You could tie it to the branches and just spray it within a couple inches of the branch down as to not get it on the tree. It eventually evaporates out in the sun, so reapplication is required.

[juanbenae]

double post deleted

[HobieMarty]

Sorry about your Japanese Maple. We have this little gem that came with the house/yard when we bought our house 6 years ago. I just trimmed the tips of the branches to get them up off the ground. Ours starts out a deep reddish, burgundy color and then it turns a sort of gold color later in the summer. I was under it when trimming and thought it was a nice view that probably no one has ever seen before, felt like I was under a big tree. This little thing must've been really cared for and shaped.

Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

[rfuerst911sc]

^^^ nice looking tree

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

^^^ nice looking tree

Thanks, I love that little tree.

Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk