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Distressed Maple: Check Life Before Feeding

Scratch Test First, Water Second

"Gum maple" with no new shoots, dead wood: scrape bark. Green = alive, brown = dead. Prune dead parts. Water 1 inch weekly until leaf-out. Don't fertilize this year—wait until next spring.

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