Reply to mature pin oak has not yet grown any new leaves this spring -- should I be worried?

Forum Index » Lawn and Garden

Reply to "mature pin oak has not yet grown any new leaves this spring -- should I be worried?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scratch the bark (even on a twig) and if it is green underneath the tree is still alive.  Good luck![/quote]

I decided to cut the tree down. There are no signs of life. It is a shame. It is (was) the most prominent tree on the street. It provided a lot of shape children playing in the summertime. It will be missed.[/quote]

It's really unlikely that it was healthy when you moved in last fall and now it's completely dead. [/quote]

Agree. Trees rarely die in one year. It is often a 5-year process unless it catches on fire.[/quote]

It can happen.  I lived in a neighborhood in NoVa with lots of large oak trees, and there were many trees that declined over years, but there were also some that just appeared to go from healthy to dead in one year. They probably were declining before, but it wasn't apparent.  Oak trees don't live forever, and many neighborhoods in the close-in burbs are hitting the age where the trees have just hit the end of their natural life expectancy.  We lost three huge oaks on a relatively small lot in the matter of 3 years.  If you want to plant a new tree, I'd encourage you to buy the biggest tree you can afford.  Once trees get to a certain size, they can grow amazingly fast. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics