I’m thinking it is. It started dropping its leaves in early September and hasn’t bloomed yet like the others in the neighborhood. What do y’all think?

No more syrup from that one.

Skin the bark if it’s green underneath it’s alive if not it’s dead.

Give it another month. I’ve got a red oak in my yard I would’ve bet $100 was dead last year. All other oaks had full foliage before it started putting on leaves.

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I have 2 huge, seed dropping, surface root running bastages that will be cut down in the near future. Hate to lose the evening shade but half of one has died and the other one will crush the spare bedroom if it ever splits/falls.

Ours got some sort of disease, and 4 died, limbs started falling off

My maple is the last to show any signs of life. Give it another month.

If you don't know how to tell is a tree is dead or not maybe you shouldn't have one

Why don’t you shutthehellup and get out of my thread. Or you can come on over and I’ll break off a limb and beat your smartass with it.

my maples at the house haven't done anything yet, nor have a couple of dogwoods. some just start later.

please take video of said beating please.

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Leroy, I hope thats a jap maple. If its a maple that will get big, you might as well say goodbye to that concrete. Terrible root systems.

Yep. Roots will tear up that concrete patio within ten years and you'll be wishing it had died in 2019.

It was dead so I cut it down this afternoon. The thing about that tree is my father in law planted it in that spot when we built the house in 04. Last summer we extended the patio by 9 yards and my wife wanted to leave a section out for the maple tree since her dad planted it and he has since passed away. I don’t know what killed it but I’m thinking that all the rain that collects it that bed and is slow draining is what did it in.


As far as hillmp goes everybody that knows me on here knows that I’m easy going and can get along with pretty much anybody. But you call me stupid or insinuate it then you’ll see the coonass side of me.
But then again I shouldn’t let a Internet dumbass piss me off. So my bad on that.

Thanks for the help fellas!

One of the guys I hunt with is a botanist and a tree farmer. I got a Maple from him and he told me they are somewhat hard to keep alive in Alabama. I think he said insects were bad on them. Anyways mine got about the size of yours and did the same thing. I love a Maple but I ended up replacing it with a Dogwood so I'd know when to go crappie fishing, which I haven't done since I planted it about 10 years ago.

instead of skinning the bark you might be able to tell by how much flexibility is in the smaller limbs. if the branches around thumb size are brittle that might be an indication but if they're flexible and don't snap you've got life in it. skinning bark might do more harm than you think. also would like to see aforementioned ass whooping,

oh...chit...prolly should have read all the messages before giving advice too late. sad for the tree..:(