SilverLeaf
08-19-2009, 01:43 PM
Living as I do out on the prairie, every one of the few maples I've got is very valuable to me. One of my 30-year old silvers is showing some solid dieback, that has progressed for the past 2-3 years. I've ruled out verticillium wilt and there doesn't appear to be any pest issues going on. Soil is a little alkaline but otherwise good (and silvers are generally cool with alkaline anyways). There's been no compaction of the soil recently. So I've no idea what's going on other than a generic "maple decline".
Has anyone ever tried adding extra mycorrhizal fungi to the soil to assist the roots? I've read a little bit (mostly positive) about this, and saw HGTV do it once for a stressed tree, but no nursery w/in 150 miles of me seems to know anything about this soil amendment, much less whether it might help. Has anyone ever tried this? Did it help?
Has anyone ever tried adding extra mycorrhizal fungi to the soil to assist the roots? I've read a little bit (mostly positive) about this, and saw HGTV do it once for a stressed tree, but no nursery w/in 150 miles of me seems to know anything about this soil amendment, much less whether it might help. Has anyone ever tried this? Did it help?