Is it normal for japanese maple's leaves to "fry"??

Question

I planted my maple maybe late summer, and it looked kinda like it was going to die(edge of leaves looked dry), but I planted it anyway. It took a while for leaves to turn red, I remember looking at it, admiring the leaves, and all of a sudden, the next day, the leaves looked fried!! not only dry like every other tree, but really, like fried, like they shrunk or something.. is that normal??, There is also what I think is new growth, but not sure, since i've never had a maple before.

Answer 1

Those guys are ideal in an ideal location, but put any stress on them and they leaves turn crispy critters. So many will not take direct intense sun, they want filtered light. So many resent drying winds or low humidity so need to be in a sheltered location. So many react to heat radiating off walls and sidewalks so need to have a cooler air buffer around them. They don't want to be over watered/underwatered and transplants are reall picky.
Then cold weather comes and ZAP, there go the leaves. Besides that though, they are pretty trees......

Answer 2

The sun will often scorch leaves on Japanese Maples. It seems young trees are especially vulnerable. If you kept the tree watered, I wouldn't worry too much. You did not mention where you live, but all of the leaves have fallen off the Japanese Maples here in eastern North Carolina. I hope I don't see any new growth until next April.

Answer 3

Facts, Tips, and Culture of Japanese Maples:
botanical name- Acer palmatum
Grow young ones in the shade
Japanese maples are not fast growing
Avoid drying winds
Avoid reflected heat
Provide good drainage
Provide acid soil
Provide consistant and adequate water
Japanese Maples have shallow roots
Avoid compacted soils
Japanese Maples need 2-3 inch layer of mulch on the soil surface
Hot temperatures, low relative humidty cause the leaves to dry out

Answer 4

I think we are in the same boat. I am rowing and your along for the ride. Let me row past both of our Maple trees, wow they look exactly alike! I don't know for sure because I am not an expert,but I think that is normal for those trees. I planted ours the summer before last, and the leaves turned out looking like they had been deep fried. I asked the gal at the nursery where I purchased them,and she told me hers does the same,so she stripes the leaves off because they look so bad. I carefully inspected every inch of those little trees, using a magnifying glass. I thought maybe they had some kind of bugs. But I saw zip, not any indication of one. So, I think your will be fine . I know they like acid soils, and acid type plant food,but your not supposed to feed them for three years after planting, did you know that? Maybe that is the problem,with both of our trees. Anyways, mine came back real pretty,your will too! Byee

Answer 5

No Direct sunlight
No watering foilage with chemically treated water/city
(I have well water)
Keep North winds off
Make a wind break with bamboo.
I actually made an arbor from bamboo to protect it from the harsh sun and a windbreak, it faces north. Didn't know all that when I planted.
Lost 6 Japanese maples during Easter freeze. All varieties.
If direct sun hits any of my leaves they look fried around the edges.

Answer 6

Japanese Maples, especially the cut leaf and or lace leaf cultivars, have a great tendency to leaf scorch during the hot summer months. It generally doesn't hurt the plant. Those leaves will not come back.The tree will put out new leaves, depending on the time of year, to replace those that were lost.

Answer 7

the only time one of my Japanese maples did the "okay leaves one day and dead (fried ) the NEXT" was when one drowned because it was sitting in water.....OR.... there was a good heavy frost and they got bit..... if your tree colored up red for fall, that would say all is well with the tree.... if it didn't rain a whole lot, but it did freeze, I'd say your tree is fine for this time of year..... but like the rest of us, ya just gotta wait for spring....I, too, lost several trees in that late freeze last spring... it hurt all my reds!!... the greens came thru just fine!!????... weird , lovely, daggone plants..........

Answer 8

Leafs is a suitable option to the spelling leaves. Why do you hate the Leafs plenty? by using my years, i've got desperate that one's hatred for the Leafs is very like the hatred of different races in some families. Deep seated bigotry it somewhat is exceeded down from one era to the subsequent. no longer understanding why you hate them, only understanding that that's what you have been taught.