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Japanese maple bark has splits

14 years ago

The top horizontal branches of my red weeping cutleaf maple are spliting in lots of short lttle splits. It looks like possible sunburn to me. I don't want to remove those branches as it would ruin the shape of the tree, which is under 4 feet tall. I did prune to shape earlier this spring and probably removed more than I should have, but I don't think I took off anything right at the top of the tree. Is there anything I should do at this point? Thanks for any advice you may have to share!

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botann
14 years ago
A picture would help....a lot.
Mike
splitrock
Original Author
14 years ago
I'm not at the cabin now to take a picture, so I'll have to post again next week. I now think the problem may be the after effects of our late freezes. Thanks for responding, Mike.
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