Will this oak tree make it after the Texas freeze?
3 years ago
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Comments (29)I'm driving down to the coast tomorrow and will stay at least a week. I will spray all my plants then. Carol is the lady at the RIM that has the red hair, she always tries to give me a good deal when she can. I have tons of plants to take down to the coast that I got Saturday from the San Antonio Plant swap. If you get a chance check out the Gardening in Texas Forum, under Gallery to see pictures of the plant swap. Barbra...See MoreTexas Live Oak/ Live Oak!
Comments (17)I want to further this post by asking one more question. I live in an apartment and have planted some shumard and live oaks in a 5 gallon pot. The problem is, I don't get direct sunlight in my apartment, but I keep the pot close to window for light. What I am planning to do is to hopefully either plant some at my brother's backyard, and maybe, somehow, if it's possible grow them inside my apartment for me. I don't know how fast they'll grow, and how big pot will I need over the next year. It's been two weeks since put this acorns and it's my first time experience. Ideally, I was planning to grow acorn from the seed for my future house, which is still 2 years away. The other important thing I read about is to not allow the plant roots to circle the pot. I wonder, how can I deal with the growing tap root in the pot, considering their growth is four times longer than their size above the ground. I know, these are a lots of questions, but if someone can answer them for me, that would be really helpful to me. Thank you so much....See MoreOak Tree Fungus: Is my oak tree in danger of falling?
Comments (29)salicaceae I realize this thread is five years old but hope it might pop back up on top. I have a similar situation with a 30 year old oak, but no one has mentioned how to stop it from infecting other trees. When i purchased this property 3 years ago, there was a maple that had obvious signs of illness: bracket fungus, mushrooms, exposed rotting wood. We had it removed earlier this year. Just months later, bracket fungus developed on the oak that was its neighbor 20 feet away. This tree had large mushrooms at its base in our first year here. This oak isn’t looking very healthy and i understand that it is already lost, just a matter if time. However… I have two more 30 year old oaks and 3 maples that I would like to protect from infestation. I am not interested in fighting nature, but if there is a preventative, I would like to give it a try. I thought the maple had been infected because there was heavy cover on its roots from nearby cedar, keeping the area wet. With the maple gone, and the cedars, it stays quite sunny, so i thought it would improve the fungus issues. I live in the Huntsville, AL area. No need to reiterate the need for certidied arborist. This theead has been quite educational on that point. I would appreciate input on what if anything can be done to prevent spread. Thank you....See MoreHow did your Central Texas Vitex (Chaste Trees) do in the freeze?
Comments (18)When we lived down in Texas City years ago, I was given a Vitex seedling by a co-worker. She said hers dropped seedlings everywhere and she was always having to dig them up to give away or discard. The plant was 1' tall when she gave it to me. It was probably 15' tall by the time we sold that house, well above the 6' decorative fence piece it was planted in front of. It bloomed prolifically every year after the first. Never once did it drop a seedling underneath it that I can recall. As I, too, always heard they are invasive, I have always wondered if some are indeed invasive but some are NOT. Perhaps there are male and female Vitex? Or perhaps just some Vitex cultivars in the species are invasive? The Vitex tree already planted by the former owner in my current yard has never dropped a seedling either in the 5 years we've lived here. It's in a large bed that is never mowed or weed-whacked, so I'd sure see them if it were creating babies....See More
3 years agoYes, very concerning that it isn’t leafing out. It has a few leaves around the trunk and the branches I can reach are dead. No bark missing and it isn’t yellow. One other tree near it looks the same. I think it is a black oak. Sorry the picture is fuzzy. The picture was much better before it posted. It was budding out before the freeze hit. It has been years since we have had a freeze as bad as the one we had recently. This is in east Texas. This is the other tree.
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