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Question for your list: Have any of you dealt with Maple decline? I reside in a townhouse community of 89 homes. Town code mandated the planting of a tree in front of each home and the builder planted "street" maples. That was 20 years ago. Over the past several years, I have noticed that many of these maples are exhibiting signs of "maple decline". Today I spoke with someone at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener's program. She confirmed that this problem is prevalent in the northeast and is sending me some literature on the condition.

I am wondering if anyone in the forum has encountered this problem and how you dealt with it. Thank you for any information you can provide.

20 posted on 05/03/2013 2:20:45 PM PDT by NYer (Beware the man of a single book - St. Thomas Aquinas)

I have not heard of this issue before. I’ll be interested to hear if anyone else has too.

31 posted on 05/03/2013 2:33:48 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)

To: NYer; greeneyes

That could be a picture of the maple I have in our back yard. Talked to the local Arborist and he said “grow fast, die fast”.

58 posted on 05/03/2013 4:11:29 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)

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