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    Default So, What Exactly Do I Have Going On Here?

    My large yard tree has this going on from top to bottom.........



    Some sort of blight? I am not noticing it going on with other nearby maple trees, but I have not got as close to them either.
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    Glad you posted this. There's a sugar maple in front of my house that has the same problem. It started out as pale, whitish spots that have evolved into what you pictured here. I'm concerned that last year's drought left the trees susceptible to disease.
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    It looks like a combination of things: anthracnose (brown patches), Maple velvet erineum gall (red patches), perhaps a touch of frost damage (curled, tattered appearance of leaves) -- hard to say for certain. The first is due to wet conditions in the spring. The second is just a common pest. The frost is variable from year to year. Not a lot you can do about any of it. If you rake up the leaves, compost them well (in a hot compost pile...add a good bit of manure) or better yet, burn them or dispose of them off site to get rid of the inoculation source of the anthracnose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrTimPerkins View Post
    It looks like a combination of things: anthracnose (brown patches), Maple velvet erineum gall (red patches), perhaps a touch of frost damage (curled, tattered appearance of leaves) -- hard to say for certain. The first is due to wet conditions in the spring. The second is just a common pest. The frost is variable from year to year. Not a lot you can do about any of it. If you rake up the leaves, compost them well (in a hot compost pile...add a good bit of manure) or better yet, burn them or dispose of them off site to get rid of the inoculation source of the anthracnose.
    Well, we have certainly had a wet spring, and that is a big understatement. Where that tree is, there has been on and off standing water there for many weeks right after maple season. It was also my first tree that showed very early bud swelling and opening of the buds, which probably led to it getting hit by frost.

    Looking through my pictures, I found this shot of the same tree in 2010, so I guess it has history of leaf problems. This must have been in the fall by the looks of the ground.



    Most of the leaves of this tree are collected and kept for the following year as a mulch for my potato patch, which is literally 10-15 yards from the base of the tree. By the sounds of it, I could be adding fuel to the fire here?
    Noel Good
    1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
    2010: New 2x4 SS flat pan w/preheater
    2015: New to me Lapierre 18x60 raised flue, new shack, new everything!! 59 taps 23.75 gallons
    2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
    2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
    2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
    2019: 210 taps 73.5 gallons
    2023: 210 taps 89.75 gallons
    www.wnybass.com

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    So far this year the leaves on the trees look great. Large full unblemished leaves and a nice healthy looking color of green. Let's hope this lasts most of the summer!
    Noel Good
    1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
    2010: New 2x4 SS flat pan w/preheater
    2015: New to me Lapierre 18x60 raised flue, new shack, new everything!! 59 taps 23.75 gallons
    2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
    2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
    2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
    2019: 210 taps 73.5 gallons
    2023: 210 taps 89.75 gallons
    www.wnybass.com

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