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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.