Help why is blue star juniper tan/brown
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Tolleson's Weeping Juniper turning brown
Comments (18)how water moves through YOUR soil .... can only be answered by YOU .... with our guidance.. you are really getting out there.. and learning ... you WILL master it soon .. all juniper have some winter browning.. i agree with dave that the closeup shows a lot of green ... and i have high hopes ... transplant has given yours quite a shock ... so extra browning is not unusual ... leave it all be until summer.. then prune out the worst ... or ignore the brown completely .. until the needles fall off naturally ... i hate to worry you ... but SOME junipers in my area are susceptible to a tip blight .... you might want to ID that problem .. i cant think of the name.. and do some googling about it ... but back to transplant damage .. it will be hard to differentiate the two ... but it might be important to know about it in regard to timing of wounding of the tree.. aka.. pruning ... if.. in the other post.. you are referring to my comment about black pots ... i said.. black pots should NEVER be in the sun ... the media in the pot on a sunny day.. can cook the roots ... to deal with such you do one of the following ...: place in shade dig temp hole and stick it in .. pot and all to make shade.. but not digging a cauldron which will hold water in heavy clay .... plant the darn thing ... how water moves through the potting media .. [hope you saw the post about that] .. is completely different than with soil ... what did you use in your repotting ... almost all good soil has clay in it ... see the link .. our concern is if your soil is at the apex ... sever drainage issues there ... otherwise... almost all other soils are OK ... i am in the corner with sand ... trees/conifers love it.. but its hard to keep properly watered during the 'establishment' phase ... but once the plants are all set.. drainage is perfect ... and all but swamp plants love it ... we should all strive for loam.. but that isnt going to happen without incredible amending of the soil ... or you buy it with the house ... if you have a soil test done [the state ag college... probably GA state] .. they will tell you exactly where you fit in that little triangle ... and you will be far ahead in learning about how to water ... for under $10 you will know exactly what your soil is .. contact your local Ag office or soil conservation office for more info on such ... you can do as much damage with too much water.. as you can do with too little water.. with most conifers ... WET is bad ... DAMP is good ... good luck ken Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreCooktop help! Please! Blue star, viking, wolf, ahhhhh!
Comments (17)JK, You can sear on wolf with no problem. Use a cast iron skillet which will hold a lot of heat. You can get it hot enough to vaporize fat. It will just take a little longer to preheat. As far as the oven, gas does produce moisture as a byproduct of combustion but has more ventilation than an electric oven so the moisture is ventilated out. Electric ovens hold on to moisture more from the food you are cooking so provides a more moist environment. And yes this is different from what many people think or read in marketing literature. If you read the baking forums you will see that it is much more difficult to keep gas ovens humid and bread bakers will use cloches to keep moisture around bread at the beginning of baking. As far as roasting, it is the dryness of a gas oven that removes superficial moisture from meat and allows it to brown. An electric oven with a convection roast uses the convection fan at high speed, for drying and more heat from the top elements so that your roast will brown. Contrary to marketing, moisture in an oven has nothing to do with the internal moisture of meat. It is the final internal temperature that will determine that. You can boil a piece of meat dry....See Moreblue star griddle- brown spots?
Comments (4)Bar keeper's friend will certainly do the trick but why bother? I have the french cooktop which is the same material and I keep it seasoned and black as possible. I recommend you do the same with your griddle. Keep that lovely black patina on the griddle and maintain the nice non-stick surface. Why do you want your stove looking brand-new every day? That's usually a sign of someone who only knows how to work the take out menu. Honestly. Rub a light coating of peanut oil on it, set the heat to low and then medium and leave it until it's baked on. Repeat a couple of times. Then let people marvel at the beautiful griddle that is clearly loved and well cared for. -Stooxie...See MoreCompletely browned Juniper
Comments (9)Thank you all! This browning happened only in April/May, before that foliage was blue-green, but probably dead already. Looking again at the trunk where it comes out of the ground, I noticed peeled-up bark, with that bark feeling like paper. I scratched that 'bark' off with my finger nails, removed soil and see wood without bark : There were no vole runs and holes. Last summer and fall I used 1" dia PVC pipe runs (like a Z) with poison pellets against voles. Pellets now remain uneaten in those Z runs since last fall. The bark might have rotted away over the last 10 years. The juniper looks like planted too deep, but should not have drowned because it sits 10 in above the bottom of a dry creek and 3 ft away which carries water from house gutters to a place 65 ft away. I water that area for 1 hour when there was no rain for a week, turn on/off manually an overhead sprinkler. I also have a healthy 12 ft Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis' in a vegetable garden, no rotting of the bark. My 'van Akker' sits 6 ft away from the dry creek across from the juniper and is happy I just bought a Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Compacta', will plant it somewhat high. Thanks again! Bernd...See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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