This was the (autumn blaze) maple planted with our house about four years ago. I learned from this sub a few years ago that it was planted too deep and tried to dig down to the root flare. The tree was turning red very early in the summer (July in MN) so I’ve been treating it with fertilizer and a little iron after learning the soil wasn’t helping the tree with iron uptake. The color is better this year. There was a spot low down on the trunk that was very soft last summer but seems to be doing a lot better now (picture 2). Is this thing going to make it? Or is it screwed?
by wfblatz
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Whenever I see damage like this, I think weed whacker. It could have occurred before the pretty mulch ring.
Went from oversaturated and probably some root rot creeping into the flare from being buried too deep, to dried out and cracked once exposed. I see this alot and if its healthy and thriving it will grow past it, if its still struggling expect it to continue dry out and die. You did right by exposing it but may have been too late. At this point wait a year, it will either take off and thrive or sit idle and die.