markk
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We live in Michigan and have recently lost a 10-15 year old Sunset Maple. Now our larger Autumn Blaze maple is showing the same signs. The Autumn Blaze tree is about 30-35 feet tall with a trunk diameter of about 10-12 inches.
The leaves on some of the branches on one side of the tree are turning red (prematurely) and are beginning to fall off the tree. This is exactly what happened to our Sunset maple and within two years, that tree was completely dead.
I noticed on the Autumn maple that some of the bark on the tree trunk is nearly black and is soft. When I peeled some of it off, it is moist and rotting underneath. There were also many earwigs under the soft bark. I do not know if the bugs under the bark are killing the tree or something else is doing it.
I am wondering what I can do to try to save this tree.
Mark
The leaves on some of the branches on one side of the tree are turning red (prematurely) and are beginning to fall off the tree. This is exactly what happened to our Sunset maple and within two years, that tree was completely dead.
I noticed on the Autumn maple that some of the bark on the tree trunk is nearly black and is soft. When I peeled some of it off, it is moist and rotting underneath. There were also many earwigs under the soft bark. I do not know if the bugs under the bark are killing the tree or something else is doing it.
I am wondering what I can do to try to save this tree.
Mark
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