Its pronounced susceptibility to fungal diseases pushes the importance of pests on the maple into the background. In fact, maple trees are only besieged for a short time by uninvited guests, who usually do not cause any significant damage - with two exceptions. This guide explains which pests you should protect a maple tree from and how, in an emergency, a home remedy can solve the problem.
How do you protect maple trees from pests and game browsing?
To protect maple from pests, you can spray a soap-spirit-water mixture on the affected leaves when dealing with aphids and use protective measures such as game fences, browsing protection cuffs or natural browsing protection products from specialist retailers in the event of game browsing.
Aphids rob maple of its will to live - tips for combating it
Just in time for budding in spring, aphids are there to colonize the beautiful maple leaves. The insects use their mouthparts to pierce the epidermis and suck up the plant sap. Since many species are capable of producing young, the explosive proliferation of pests can cause considerable damage to the tree. Don't let it get to that point. You can successfully combat the plague in its early stages with the following home remedy:
- Dissolve 50 g grated curd soap or 50 ml soft soap in 1 liter of hot water
- Stir in 2 teaspoons of spirit to increase the effect
- Let cool and pour into a hand sprayer
Spray the tops and bottoms of the maple leaves with the soapy water until they are dripping wet. Repeat this application every 2 to 3 days until you can no longer detect any lice.
Deer and rabbits like maple to eat - this is how you do it right
Wild animals love to nibble on the delicate bark of young maple trees. Deer cannot resist the nitrogen-rich buds of deciduous trees. Home gardeners often have to complain about game browsing on maple trees. The smallest bite wounds are a welcome entry point for pathogens, so we recommend the following precautions for protection:
- Large areas with a rich maple population are protected with a game fence or gate
- Equip individual maple trees with browsing protection sleeves or growth covers after planting
In addition to mechanical defense measures, specialist retailers offer paintable or sprayable bite protection products. These are based on purely natural ingredients, such as animal body fat or essential oils.
Tip
A propagation bed with freshly planted seedlings is a richly laid table for rabbits and deer. To prevent the lovingly grown maple offshoots from being eaten, ward off uninvited guests from the forest with plastic tree protection mesh covers. The nets are specially developed to protect against wild browsing on young trees, are attached with cable ties or wire and are reusable.
