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maple losing leaves in summer
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Name: jan cella
Email: djancella@yahoo.com
I have a maple (abt 30′ tall) on the parkway. Each summer it loses alot of leaves. Currently there are leaves (green) all over the lawn, walk and street beginning end of July. What’s causing this? I have premium mulch down around it this year.
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4 Responses to “maple losing leaves in summer”
August 5th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Without looking at the tree it is hard to tell.
Sometimes when a tree puts on a lot of growth(leaves) in the spring it can’t continue to support that growth when the summer comes and sloughs it off.
The only thing I can think of right now that it might be is anthracnose, in which case the leaves would be somewhat distorted and possibly have some brown spots.
August 9th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
The other possibility is… we’re in a drought and trees, even mature ones, that aren’t getting enough water, will begin to lose their leaves, until they get water again.
August 12th, 2010 at 8:45 am
According to the National Weather Service information at O’Hare we have had 28.23 inches of precipitation since January 1st.Normal is 21.83 leaving a surplus of 6.40. Since June 1st we have had 16.00 inches. Normal is 8.74 leaving a surplus of 7.26 inches. We are a little behind for August. Not my definition of a drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor website also does not show Illinois to be in a drought of even the lowest order.
August 12th, 2010 at 8:59 am
Of course, if you are in a different part of the country, you may be in a drought.