Help! Lower Limbs of Pines Were Cut - Will They Grow Back?
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Comments (59)If you have a healthy plant which won't flower, you need to research your plant and learn what you need to do. Phals need good light, need a cool down in the fall. Please join your local Orchid Society or learn online how to grow this plant. Your leaves look very dark which suggests the plant is not getting enough light. It needs about 6 weeks of cooler temps in the fall to initiate spikes. Give it stronger light and put it in a cool room. Use lamps if you don't have a window in the cooler room. You want at least a 15 degree temp drop over 6 weeks to spur the plant to flower. Light and temps are your problem. Jane...See MoreCut or let my bermuda grass grow back?
Comments (5)Is there any chance the lawn is yellow from not getting any water since the last rain? If so then you should water it first before mowing again. Bermuda is one of very few exceptions to the rule about mowing at the highest setting. Bermuda can be mowed at the very lowest setting on a rotary mower. If you have a reel mower, some varieties of bermuda thrive when mowed at 1/16 inch high. What happened when you mowed at the highest setting is that you allowed the seed and grass stalks to get taller. Then you mowed off all the green leaves and left the grass and seed stalks. They have a dry sheath around them that is "yellow" (really straw) colored. If you were to gradually bring your mower down to the lowest setting, your stalks would be shorter and the plants would adapt the leaves to break at the shorter height. When you mow lower still (like you can with a reel mower), there comes a point where the plant will stop sending vertical stalks up and concentrate on growing short leaves straight off the stolons cutting across the surface of the soil. This dense, horizontal growth pattern is what you see on the golf greens around San Antonio. If you want to move from the highest to lowest setting on your mower, you can mow twice a week at one setting and lower it a notch for the next week's double mowing. Keep lowering it one notch per week and mowing twice until you get to the lowest setting. If you start that now, the bermuda will be just about dormant by the time you get it to the lowest setting. I have bermuda growing in my (formerly) crushed rock driveway. We have let it grow in just to have a soft spot to park the car. I only get home to mow it every other week and I mow it at the lowest setting each time. Being bermuda, it bounces back fast and doesn't look nasty for very long. What part of town are you in? If you are interested I can direct you to the best garden shops on your side of town. Also on Saturday morning, listen to Bob Webster on KTSA 550 AM from about 6:30 to 9:00. He's got the best gardening show on the radio. He's on again on Sunday morning but I don't know the hours. Or you can listen to him on the radio station's Internet site....See MorePine Tree Limbs Fall - Hazard
Comments (7)well .. i did say it was a stab in the dark ... lol ... how far are they from the house .... please try to detach yourself from these trees .... i just had 5 forty footers removed for fear that they would fall on the house.. or us ... in general .. without a specific ID.. pines are soft wooded .. fast growing .... brittle limbed trees... that shed branches in storms ..... and in snow load and ice ... in my zone ... my pinus strobus .. were growing 5 to 8 feet per year .... really think twice .. about investing money in renovation of these trees .... i would invest in the suggested opinion of an arborist... who btw.. is not a tree cutter ... these are forest trees .... grown in the wild for there lumber .... they are not really suited for most residential applications .... good luck ken...See Morewhen to trim off jack pine lower branches
Comments (13)There are technical papers on preventing tree decay/rot via pruning. Below is a cut from California's State tree/ag website. I thought it was obvious to most folks that forests aren't manually pruned and all trees don't die from lack of pruning, but it is just another factor that could lead to trunk rot and early decline. You will not find a mature pine forest that has pines with limbs to the ground. So... either prune now during the appropriate season or let nature do it down the road and risk potential threat of rot issues. If they are not in a forest setting, it is a different story. MANAGEMENT Wood decay is usually a disease of old, large trees. It is very difficult to manage, but a number of factors can reduce the risk of serious damage. First, trees should receive proper cultural care to keep plants vigorous. Minimize wood decay by protecting plants from injuries. Properly prune young trees to promote good structure and avoid the need to remove large limbs from older trees, which creates large wounds....See MoreToronado3800 Zone 6 St Louis
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