Dimitrios Kalderis wrote:
Hi all,

recently received another Japanese Maple through the
post, the Deshojo variety. Unfortunately, due to our
Easter holidays here in Greece, it arrived with a
large delay and as a result most of its foliage is
destroyed or half destroyed. The red leaves have
turned black or have black edges. However, the trunk
and the branches look fine.

Now I have watered it well and I will let it recover
but it looks like it will take some time.
Is it wise to remove the half-black leaves ?


_I_ would -- just in case the black is from a fungus. Remove and destroy.



What else can I do to aid its recovery ?


Keep it out of your Greek sun -- and wind. Only water when the soil
begins to dry out an inch below the surface. A dose of fertilizer
probably won't hurt next week.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages
no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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