Weedeater damaged young tree. Heartbroken. Help please!
tulah
16 years ago
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brandon7 TN_zone7
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Comments (31)it is very important.. that if fall color is your ultimate goal.. that you go buy your tree when it is in full color.. no real relying on 'tags names' ... if it is that important ... but that isnt much of a problem ... since it will then be dormant.. and planting can easily.. and properly follow ... ament.. start your own post... so answers come directly to you ... and specify what tree you are interested in ... as to arks pix.. i am a little leery of said GIANT tree in said tiny pot ... personally.. i would not buy it ... i would think ..... in that pot.. about half that size would be proper ... and.. as usual ... would bet a nickle.. that the smaller would outgrow the larger transplant in 5 years ... again.. think about this... a tree is said to be twice as big underground as above ... looking at that tree in that pot ... whats your best guess ... the rootmass 1/10 of the seen part ???? ... and if not.. its got two miles of roots going around and around in the pot .... and Jon .... if momma is the problem with proper tree selection.. good luck with all that .... just make her happy .. and perhaps .... repeatedly suffer the consequences ken...See MoreProblem w/ young oak tree - pictures
Comments (28)Lou thanks for contributing the compost information. I know that Cornmeal is very effective when applied to the 'Palmetto' St Augustine grass. My son inlaw tried the fertilizer chemicals the first year, and was not very happy with the result, The next fall the Cornmeal applied like you suggested and horse manure compost applied later showed a dramatic improvement over the chemical fertilizer/weed killer he used first. The virgin clay soil that was on the lot where my daughter's house was build was nearly white hardpan. And then I saw that their builder only layed down sand as a topsoil. That really stressed me, because I know the light color I saw in her clay soil must indicate that it must be nearly void of humus and also void of many important nutrients that trees and shrubs need. Because of that we made the landscaping beds with well processed horse manure compost, and when he applied that same compost and at the right time put down the cornmeal, my son-in-law ended up with one of the nicest looking yards and landscaping on the block. Too bad they moved back to OK the next year, and no longer can enjoy that. I say that, because now most of the yards in our area are full of that horrible weed called bermuda grass. Too bad the 'Palmetto' ST Augustine grass is not hardy enough for our borderline USDA Zone 6b/7a I have a friend who's Bermuda grass is worse than mine at invading, and even after we covered some of her lawn, for a new landscaping bed, with black plastic for 6 weeks in the hottest part of the summer, the Bermuda's roots still are not killed. We looked under the plastic this week and saw lots of thick white roots with hints of green barely showing. What a pain. I just simply hate Bermuda grass. The only good thing; is that even if it goes dormant in a drought most Bermuda will not die out, and in the next warm rainy season it flourishes again. For Lawns that is great. For Landscape beds that is nothing more than a huge weedy burden. Now, for my friend's new landscape bed, I know of no other choice than to spray the area with a grass root killer that will not harm the roses and thornless dwarf hawthorn tree and some shrubs we want to plant next week in that new bed. As far as my above advice to Mike, I did not want to advise him to make the soil in his oak tree's bed extra fertile until he gets his bermuda roots under control. If he does make the tree's bed nice and fertile before then, with the organic stuff you mentioned, The Bermuda will simply send down even deeper roots and take a stronger hold in the bed, resulting in the roots stealing most of those composted organic nutrients away from the tree's rootball. Since the tree is already stressed, many pests which drop and spend the winter in the soil do not like the oils in cedar. That is why I suggested Mike use it. Not so much to break down and feed the tree, but to instead help retain soil moisture, and to retard the pests which otherwise might want to emerge from the soil and attack this tree that is currently struggling to establish. Mike, once your bermuda is under better control, then by all means do all you can to follow Lou's advice on the organic spreads. And when your tree is more healthy, you can begin to use the faster breaking down mulches Lou mentioned, because by then the health of the tree should help discourage more of such opportunist pests from rushing in....See Moreyoung magnolia leaf damage - fungus? mites?
Comments (2)first.. welcome ... second.. never forget.. its a tree .. not a babe ... third ... please clarify .. and pix... last springs flower seed pods are falling off?? .. or the buds for next years flowers???? the pix will probably clarify that ... do keep in mind.. it is late fall.. even in your zone.. so i am hoping this is just normal.. and perhaps stressed by something ... please also include some info on ambient summer weather.. like extreme heat ... drought.. foreclosed house and garden abandoned for a year .. etc ... ken...See MoreYoung conifer seems to be dying -- please help!
Comments (5)Looks like White Fir (Abies concolor). If it is turning brown now, I'm afraid it is likely dead or dying. The fresh appearance of the stakes indicate that it was newly planted at the date of the photo (i.e., very shortly before you moved in to the house), so the cause is almost certainly root damage when it was planted. Conifers very typically take several months for the foliage to die off even though the roots are already dead. My suggestion would be to contact the builder, and see if they will replace it under guarantee. Unfortunately, now is not a good time to plant the replacement! - that should wait until October. Resin...See Morejm30
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