Hello everyone I was cutting grass at one of my customers and i was backing up my mower when i noticed her husband was where i needed to turn and to prevent from chopping his feet off with the mower i accidently backed up into her maple tree. The tree is only about 3 feet tall and the trunk is only about 2 inches in dia. The bard was scrapped off on one side about 2 feet up and it also loosened up the root ball. My concern is the tree going to live or is there anything i can to do prevent it from dying. It is getting cold here so its not activly growing. I dont want to see it die I have a one myself and it is going on 3 years onl and i wish i could have a whole yard full of them. If anyone can give me any ideas what it might do or if you know of any way to heal it i would really appreciate it. Thank You! Paul.
Re: Bark on a crimson queen *** maple Well, if the root ball was loosened, I guess you would want to try to settle the soil around the roots as much as possible - I think a good watering would help that. And a good layer of mulch to protect them from cold this year seems like a good idea. Other than that I am not sure you can do much but wait to see how it grows next year and remove any dead branches. I am not sure if there is anything that will help heal the scrape?
Re: Bark on a crimson queen *** maple Keep it growing well (mulch, irrigation, whatever is needed) so it closes the opening quickly. And don't ever call it a "***" maple, it won't like that at all.
