I have a deshojo, a newly airlayered palmatum, and an established palmatum
all in the garage (about 5 degrees C) and have noticed many of the longer
branches are blackening on all three trees. All of the trees put on some
major growth in the fall, but the cold whether came on so rapidly this year
that they had to be moved into storage earlier than I would have liked.

Has anyone experienced un-hardened maple branches dying back like this, even
if they have never experienced freezing temperatures?

(I'm not too stressed about this, since much of the growth will be pruned
off in the spring anyway, but this would have been a major drag on a more
advanced tree.)

Joe
-ottawa

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