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Also known as
Silver Maple, Silver Maple, Creek maple, Silverleaf maple, Soft maple, Large maple, Water maple, Swamp maple and White maple
Taxonomy
Acer saccharinum
Acer
Sapindaceae
Sapindales

How to care for Acer Saccharinum
How often to water your Acer Saccharinum

every 9
Acer Saccharinum needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Silver Maple in your home

a window
Acer Saccharinum love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Acer Saccharinum does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Acer Saccharinum in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Acer Saccharinum

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Acer Saccharinum after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Japanese maple not doing so well, too much water or too little? Diseased?
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If you saw my last post, you’ll recall that I have a mystery #pest. It’s been chomping on new and older growth and is showing very little mercy. Today I sprayed some #NeemOil on my tree. Here’s to hoping it’ll help!
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Japanese maple recently adopted from Lowes… suppose to be able to plant it immediately and my contractor parked his trailer where it was supposed to go . He left it there for 3 days.. finally got it planted tonight so the picture is dark… how do I get the plant to its glory??
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Anyone know what might be eating my plant? UPDATE: potential culprit added to pictures. Closest set of ids I got are #woodlandfuzzyant, #maskedhunter, and genus Trypoxylon, a species of #wasps. Any help and suggestions on how to divert the #pest (without killing it if it’s a native or beneficial species) would be greatly appreciated!! I’ve been checking for a few days not and haven’t seen any caterpillars, but I haven’t seen any bugs around it either. Thoughts? #damage #plantdamage #mapletree #michigannative #PestControl #pestID #bugID #identify
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Does this look like root rot? My acer palmatum pre-bonsai had been growing well, but at some point the leaves started browning heavily from the edges inward. At first I thought it could be leaf scorching due to too much sun, so I put it somewhere else where it would only get sun in the morning and just a little bit at noon (just didn’t have an even shadier spot available). Other than that, in bonsai class they said: “acer is a tree that loves humidity, and as a bonsai, it should be watered every day”… at the beginning I watered it fully everyday because the soils would always get dry, eventually the temperature started dropping a bit, and sometimes soil would still be slightly moist, so I would only spray it a little bit, assuming the next day it would get dry. Anyway, my tree started looking worse and worse, so I decided to check the roots, took it out of the pot, rinsed the roots, they’re not completely dry yet, but I took this pic before deciding to repot. I’d like to make sure first.
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Japanese maple crimson queen care I am I need of tips and caring if this plant
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Does the tree need any nutrients since the leaves are yellow? #SilverMaple
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Any suggestions on what’s wrong with this Japanese Maple? #JapaneseMaple
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Does anyone know what is wrong with this guy?
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What is on my silver maple
Care Summary for Acer Saccharinum
Acer Saccharinum
Greg recommends:

0.5 cups every 9 days

< 1ft from a window

Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
