HELP ME SAVE MY TREES!
With the weird heat wave that hit North Texas in July and peaked with a 107 F temperature, my trees didn't get enough water (had a broken pipe so was without my sprinkler system for maybe 3 weeks) and looks like it did a lot of damage before it cooled off into the 80's with a lot of rain.
Remember this is for North Texas planting zone. There is also a slight possibility that run-off from my neighbor's (who moved out and left junk in the backyard)
#1 - MAGNOLIA TURNED BROWN
Do Magnolia trees turn brown without dying? I've read briefly that the Magnolia can be shocked and the leaves will turn brown, but that doesn't mean that the whole tree is dead. However, at least 95% of the tree is brown.
I did notice that the rock-border I put around the tree did look good, but it also trapped in all of the old leaves, so it's possible that there was very little water getting into the dirt directly below the tree. I've cleaned that off and will try to keep it clean from now on.
Also, notice there is still some green left? I've been watering like crazy recently now that we're back into 100+ F temps, so hopefully that can keep those alive.
Should I expect this tree to survive? Thoughts?
#2 - RED OAK KEEPS WILTING AND BRANCHES DIE IN HEAT.
What about this Red Oak tree that keeps having problems? I think it was not getting enough water and I'm going to plan to run a straight line here from an unused valve in my sprinkler system (I have two unused valves that can be programmed as new zones).
How much water should one of these trees take in the heat of the summer? This is fully exposed most of the day and 1/2 of the tree died about 2 or 3 years ago and I hit this hard with water when I noticed about 1/3 of the leaves fell off and most of the remaining leaves turned brown about 3 weeks ago.
Since I hit with with a lot of water, it seems to be holding it's own.
Thoughts?
With the weird heat wave that hit North Texas in July and peaked with a 107 F temperature, my trees didn't get enough water (had a broken pipe so was without my sprinkler system for maybe 3 weeks) and looks like it did a lot of damage before it cooled off into the 80's with a lot of rain.
Remember this is for North Texas planting zone. There is also a slight possibility that run-off from my neighbor's (who moved out and left junk in the backyard)
#1 - MAGNOLIA TURNED BROWN
Do Magnolia trees turn brown without dying? I've read briefly that the Magnolia can be shocked and the leaves will turn brown, but that doesn't mean that the whole tree is dead. However, at least 95% of the tree is brown.
I did notice that the rock-border I put around the tree did look good, but it also trapped in all of the old leaves, so it's possible that there was very little water getting into the dirt directly below the tree. I've cleaned that off and will try to keep it clean from now on.
Also, notice there is still some green left? I've been watering like crazy recently now that we're back into 100+ F temps, so hopefully that can keep those alive.
Should I expect this tree to survive? Thoughts?
#2 - RED OAK KEEPS WILTING AND BRANCHES DIE IN HEAT.
What about this Red Oak tree that keeps having problems? I think it was not getting enough water and I'm going to plan to run a straight line here from an unused valve in my sprinkler system (I have two unused valves that can be programmed as new zones).
How much water should one of these trees take in the heat of the summer? This is fully exposed most of the day and 1/2 of the tree died about 2 or 3 years ago and I hit this hard with water when I noticed about 1/3 of the leaves fell off and most of the remaining leaves turned brown about 3 weeks ago.
Since I hit with with a lot of water, it seems to be holding it's own.
Thoughts?
