Sango Kaku damage?

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  1. machtucker

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    Good evening everyone.

    We bought a Sango Kaku Acer about 5 years ago and it’s been growing well (even though it’s not in the ideal place). There appears to be a couple of branches that do not have any leaves on this yet (see pic). One looks like it’s dead and the other is still reddish in colour.

    When can I lop off the dead branch. What about the red branch? I’m minded to keep that and see what happens next year. I guess it’s possible that there may have been some frost damage?

    What do you think?

    Many thanks,

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    Spruce Glad to be back .....

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    Hi

    still looking good , best to cut out the dead wood now as it wont reshoot and will stop any fungal infections, plus will make the over all appearance a lot better .

    lots could of happened , winter wind a animal climbing through it


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      Thanks very much for the help. So should I chop off the red branches too?
       
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      If no growth showing and we are into May yes cut it out
       
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