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Post by ahntjudy on Jan 28, 2018 11:16:20 GMT -5
I had mentioned elsewhere that my Japanese Maple had not lost many of its leaves yet as of January... I figured it had to do with the odd climate... I looked it up and found this site which gave a good explanation as to why... Thought it was interesting so I thought I would share... www.arboretum.harvard.edu/leaves-dont-leave/
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Post by spacecase0 on Jan 28, 2018 13:53:51 GMT -5
I had never even thought about that sort of thing before,
someone did tell me how they get apple trees to produce in tropical places, they take all the leaves off the tree, and then it will bloom and make fruit just as if it had gone through a winter
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 28, 2018 15:22:45 GMT -5
I remember learning about this in school but I had forgotten what it was called so thanks for posting that ahntjudy, I have an oak tree that always holds onto its leaves until spring. They look dead and kind of ugly but it's normal for that tree. We also have a few new trees that we planted in the fall that held their leaves after the freezes in November. They probably got caught unaware and not ready for the cold. Hopefully they will be Ok. I think that they will.
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Post by ahntjudy on Jan 28, 2018 17:13:26 GMT -5
Since I'm aware of it, I've noticed many other Japanese Maples in my neighborhood and area are exhibiting the same thing... And some other varieties of trees as well...other than the oaks...
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 28, 2018 19:27:37 GMT -5
That tells me that it is the early freezing weather at work here, not just the ordinary marcescence exhibited by varieties of trees like Oak.
The trees had not completed producing their abscission layers which allow the leaves to fall before the remaining living cells at the bases of the leaves were killed by the freezing weather. The leaves will fall in the spring.
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Post by ahntjudy on Jan 29, 2018 8:41:15 GMT -5
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 29, 2018 8:56:29 GMT -5
ahntjudy, the link that you attached is from George Weigel. He writes a nice column about gardening. Look at the bottom of the linked article. You may like to sign up for his e-mail (you DO use e-mail right?). I get his e-newsletters and they have lots of interesting gardening information. Since he is in Harrisburg, his information will usually be relevant to us and he talks about things like how the weather affects our plants, new varieties and things like that.
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Post by ahntjudy on Jan 29, 2018 9:10:48 GMT -5
Gheesh......yes..... OK OK...so I'm sticking my real tongue at you now!! ha ha... ~~~ I did notice he's based in our area...interesting other articles by him there as well...
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 29, 2018 9:32:52 GMT -5
Gheesh......yes..... OK OK...so I'm sticking my real tongue at you now!! ha, ha, ha
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