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- Japanese maple loses leaves - What to do?
- Wrong casting / waterlogging
- Wrong location
- Plant container is too small
- Diseases / pest infestation
- Verticillium wilt
- Tips
In the fall, the Japanese maple always throws its leaves
Japanese maple loses leaves - What to do?
Autumnal deciduous fall is perfectly normal and desirable in Japanese Maple, as the exotic tree is cultivated mainly for its magnificent autumn color. Here, especially Japanese fan maple enjoys great popularity. However, if the tree leaves the leaves at the wrong time, it is usually due to a disease or a pest infestation. But wrong care, especially a little tailor-made supply of water, may be the cause.
Wrong casting / waterlogging
If the leaf tips first turn brown and finally the whole leaf dries out and falls off, there is often insufficient water supply behind it - the tree shows dry damage. However, the same damage can occur even with too much moisture or waterlogging, so a precise explanation of the cause is necessary. So do not pour on it when your Japanese Maple seems to be too dry - first perform a cross-check.
Wrong location
Furthermore, the untimely leaf fall can also be due to the wrong location. Most Japanese maples prefer a sunny spot, but some do not tolerate direct sunlight - especially no midday sun - and respond to this first with leaf tip drought and then with leaf loss. Even a too firm soil can lead to a shortage of water and nutrients, so that transplanting or soil loosening can bring improvement.
Plant container is too small
With plankton haricots, a planter that is too small will cause the roots to fail to form and spread properly. As a result, the tree is not sufficiently supplied with water and nutrients and reacts to it with foliage loss. This cause you can counteract by converting into a larger pot of fresh substrate.
Diseases / pest infestation
Furthermore, many diseases or a pest infestation result in a loss of foliage: especially in the case of an infestation with spider mites, but also with scale insects or aphids, it comes with a heavy infestation to foliage loss. In addition to these as well as more harmless diseases, however, in some cases, a more dangerous fungal disease is behind the undesirable phenomenon.
Verticillium wilt
Early dropping of the leaves is sometimes a sign of the dangerous and dreaded Verticillium wilt, which in most cases unfortunately leads to the death of the tree. There is still no effective fungicide against this fungal disease, only through planting and a vigorous pruning can the maple sometimes be saved.
Tips
By the way, the Japanese maple often reacts to a drafty / windy location with leaf losses.