Comments on: What to do at this time of year? http://www.maplebonsaiblog.com/bonsai/what-to-do-at-this-time-of-year All things Maple Bonsai ... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam http://www.maplebonsaiblog.com/bonsai/what-to-do-at-this-time-of-year/comment-page-1#comment-79 Adam Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:43:05 +0000 http://www.maplebonsaiblog.com/bonsai/what-to-do-at-this-time-of-year#comment-79 I live in Los Angeles. Because of the high summer heat and low humidity, my maples usually have a pretty large amount of leaf scorch by August. Since this happens every year, I'm fairly certain that it isn't caused by any pathogen. I keep them shaded and relatively protected from the wind. Still, some leaf scorch is inevitable. Thus my question is whether and at what point scorched leaves should be removed. Usually the browning starts at the leaf tips and progresses inward until the whole leaf dies. Should I cut them when they first show signs of damage? Or should I cut off the damaged tips? Or just leave them alone? I live in Los Angeles. Because of the high summer heat and low humidity, my maples usually have a pretty large amount of leaf scorch by August. Since this happens every year, I’m fairly certain that it isn’t caused by any pathogen.

I keep them shaded and relatively protected from the wind. Still, some leaf scorch is inevitable.

Thus my question is whether and at what point scorched leaves should be removed. Usually the browning starts at the leaf tips and progresses inward until the whole leaf dies. Should I cut them when they first show signs of damage? Or should I cut off the damaged tips? Or just leave them alone?

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