navajo
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RED NODULES ON MAPLE

Good afternoon. I was out mowing a while ago and noticed that my Silver Leaf Maple has MILLIONS of red hard "things" all over it's leaves.

When we moved here, there were NO trees or shrubs on the whole property and this tree was the first one we planted. My son spends a large portion of the day up in it during the Summer so am hoping this is either not a bad thing or fixable.

Anyone want to take a look for me?

[img]https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/navajo001/MAPLE2-1.jpg[/img]

And a close up
[img]https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/navajo001/maple1-1.jpg[/img]

Thanks for your time!

Tom

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Kisal
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Those are galls caused by a mite. They are totally harmless to the tree, other plants, people, and animals. At most, a very heavy infestation will cause the loss of a few of the tree's leaves, but the tree will remain fine. You can read more about them in this thread:

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24792

navajo
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Kisal wrote:Those are galls caused by a mite. They are totally harmless to the tree, other plants, people, and animals. At most, a very heavy infestation will cause the loss of a few of the tree's leaves, but the tree will remain fine. You can read more about them in this thread:

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24792
EXCELLENT!!

Thank you so much for the good news. I learn something new from this site EVERY DAY!

:D

Tom



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