Re: Maple tree - need help

Liz,

Normally hard pruning won't do severe damage to a tree unless you remove all or most of the leaves during the growing season.

In any case, about all you can do is wait and see if the tree makes new buds. Don't fertilize it all, just give it time.

This is how you test to see if a plant, or a branch on a plant has died. Just scratch the bark of your plants with your finger nail. If the tissue below the bark is green and firm your plants are fine. If the tissue is brown and mushy that part of the plant is dead.

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