Question
I noticed the gall disease on one of my maple trees and read that it will not affect the overall health of the tree, it is about 12 or 13 feet tall, still young and developed the disease last spring. Now I have started to notice that the bumps are a lot more this year, if I picked the leaves off with the largest cluster of the red bumps and throw them away would that help reduce them next year I'm just afraid of it spreading to my other 7 maples in my yard.

Answer
Hi Bri,  If it is called Crown Gall, I am reading that it can spread to your other trees.  Crown Gall is a bacterial disease that could possibly be cured by Atomic Grow, which is an organic product that is helping restore the health of my problem plants and trees.  It is totally organic and is sprayed onto the tree or can be applied by saturating the roots.  The product goes into the tree and begins to heal the plant by raising the brix in the plant which is the sugar content.  The higher the brix the more healthy the tree.  I have seen it cure borers, fungus problems, scale on cycads that they claim is no cure, etc..  kathy