A customer of mine has a Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) that is starting to lose its leaves already, in the middle of june!
The tree was topped back about 2 years ago (not by me BTW) and it seemed like it was coming back ok, but now the leaves are starting to fall off of it pretty quickly.
The area around the tree is very compacted because of people parking cars under it, and the soil seems to be of poor quality, mostly sand.
The leaves that are dropping are new growth leaves, and the seem very soft to the touch, as opposed to being brittle and "crunchy" when they normally drop in the fall time.
I do not have pictures, but can get them if need be.
Any ideas on why they would be dropping so soon?
The tree was topped back about 2 years ago (not by me BTW) and it seemed like it was coming back ok, but now the leaves are starting to fall off of it pretty quickly.
The area around the tree is very compacted because of people parking cars under it, and the soil seems to be of poor quality, mostly sand.
The leaves that are dropping are new growth leaves, and the seem very soft to the touch, as opposed to being brittle and "crunchy" when they normally drop in the fall time.
I do not have pictures, but can get them if need be.
Any ideas on why they would be dropping so soon?