Tree detectives, check out the clue to death

10-Apr-2007

Bonsai Barry

Join Date: Dec-2004

Location: Santa Maria, CA

Country: USA

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Tree detectives, check out the clue to death

This maple died over the winter. It was kept outside. We had about twelve days below freezing, with about five of those into the teens. Otherwise the temps have been in the upper 30's and low 40's at night.

I suspect I'm guilty of a water infraction, but the roots were never fully dried out and never fully saturated.

The only clue is that the bark seem to loosen on the tree and crack.

Any ideas the cause of death?

PS Sorry, Brian.

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10-Apr-2007	#2
Vance Wood bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Sep-2002 Location: Roseville Michigan Country: USA USDA Zone: 5/6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,257	Peel the bark off. I think you will find little squigelly lines all over the place under the bark. These are bore tracks and the probable cause of the death of the tree. __________________ The only finished bonsai is a dead one; me 1992 MABA Des Moines Iowa

11-Apr-2007	#3
rockm bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Fairfax, Va Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 4,561	"We had about twelve days below freezing, with about five of those into the teens." Was the plant protected from those lows, as in mulched into a garden bed? Or left out? If its roots were left unprotected, the low temps may be to blame...

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