Hello,
My family moved into our home last july. It is a rental with the agreement that the tenants are responsible for tree and shrub care. The property was so overgrown when we moved in it was clear that tenants before us did not care for the yard and were not very nice to the japanese maple that is in it. This spring while pruning a very overgrown grapevine, I found that most of it was poison ivy. The main vine was wider than my forearm growing right alongside the grapevine.
Since we moved in we noticed that when we had a significant amount of rainfall that the water would pool up near the area where the tree is. Spring came and a small branch on the tree towards the middle didn't leaf when the others did. This area has since widened with the branches that were full of beautiful leaves dropped leaving a bald spot in the center.
The trunk has a patch that started at the soil line and it has gotten bigger. I don't recall this when I was inspecting the tree after the leafs dropped in the center but we have had a lot of rain recently and now it looks twice the size than when I noticed it two weeks ago.
I don't know much about tree care so I would be very grateful for any advice you can give me. I love this tree and so does my family. It really needs help. I don't want it to die.
My family moved into our home last july. It is a rental with the agreement that the tenants are responsible for tree and shrub care. The property was so overgrown when we moved in it was clear that tenants before us did not care for the yard and were not very nice to the japanese maple that is in it. This spring while pruning a very overgrown grapevine, I found that most of it was poison ivy. The main vine was wider than my forearm growing right alongside the grapevine.
Since we moved in we noticed that when we had a significant amount of rainfall that the water would pool up near the area where the tree is. Spring came and a small branch on the tree towards the middle didn't leaf when the others did. This area has since widened with the branches that were full of beautiful leaves dropped leaving a bald spot in the center.
The trunk has a patch that started at the soil line and it has gotten bigger. I don't recall this when I was inspecting the tree after the leafs dropped in the center but we have had a lot of rain recently and now it looks twice the size than when I noticed it two weeks ago.
I don't know much about tree care so I would be very grateful for any advice you can give me. I love this tree and so does my family. It really needs help. I don't want it to die.