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Old 05-11-2006, 07:28 PM
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Re: Sickly Acer

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Originally Posted by aeshna5
I've never experienced mollusc damage with my Japanese Maples + I generally can't grow plants that they like as I won't use any molluscicides. These maples are certainly shade tolerant + sometimes variegated plants can suffer from sun scorch if they have no shade. If you can incorporate some leaf mould with the soil.
aeshna5 is correct in that leaf mould worked into the soil at planting is also very beneficial. If the leaf mould is taken from around a Sycamore, there may well be a suitable Glomus species for the Acer negundo which is in the same genus.

Steve.
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