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| There are posts about what is dying, but Im wondering what is doing okay despite the heat and drought? Im curious too about which trees are holding up to strong winds and drought and heat? |
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- Posted by ilovemytrees 6a Western NY (My Page) on Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 18:55
| My trees are all doing fine since I'm watering them. I doubt any of them would've survived this drought without the watering since they were just planted 4 months ago. The grass is brown and crunchy, but so what. It'll come back...eventually. |
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- Posted by Dzitmoidonc 6 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 22:03
| Here in the clay, trees are holding their own. No real rain since around the 5th of June. South of us got rain, but you've seen some of the posts of the wind that accompanied the rain. No thank you. Although July has been over 90F every day but one, and 5 reached over 100F here, this is a year that I am glad for the heavy soils. The Oxydendrum arboreum is in bloom, such that they are. Pawpaws are filling out nicely even though the stream nearby is dry. The ground under them is actually still moist, so the fruit is doing well. Ditto the nuts on the White Walnut (J. cinerea. Hanging on and filling out. European alder is recovering from the pruning the deer gave it. Another wetland species that is still in good shape is Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), blooming for the first time this year. Once the ground down there gets wet, it takes all summer to get really dry. The down side is that years with a lot of rain, the ground stays wet on top, and the grass is squishy all summer. I don't know how anything grows down there. Once you break through the sod level (about 2 inches), it is solid clay that could be cut into bricks and used for building materials. Amending a hole here is a joke, all you do is make a waterhole. Small trees are simply planted into the slot you make with a shovel. Step on the sides to close the slot, and voila!, a tree is planted. You will find out how old you are if you try to dig a hole. The Swamp red oak from Oikos has finally grown past the browsing level of the deer and is still putting on new leaves. This tree colors up as well as any Maple. Nyssa sylvatica provides lots of browse for the deer, but they too have grown past deer mouth height. Once you get one tree started, it will make a small grove, and you can prune it to keep a bigger tree in the middle of a shorter, much browsed clump. Qurecus nigra, a Southern Oak, and Carya ovata, Shagbark Hickory both are struggling to get above deer level. Last fall, we saw where two bucks must have fought. Two sets of footprints, with the smaller pair sliding backwards. Before or after the fight, one of them attacked the Q. nigra and it went from a nice 5ft specimen to an 18" stub. Did I mention I hate deer? |
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| All the trees and shrubs I've planted in the past few years are doing well, probably because of my watering them on an almost every other day basis despite very little rain and lots of sunny days. I transplanted some mature Rose of Sharons and covered them with burlap after the transplant. This may have helped them get through the transplant, which was about a month and a half ago. vince vince |
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| Flowers were from back in June but still looking good. Supposed to pour tomorrow. We'll see. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Heat tolerant ground cover
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| My Norway spruces are holding up good. We've got more rain than some, but lots of heat, Anyhoo, Norways and Colorado blue and reg green spruces are just peachy. Most oaks are okay, but spewing some leaves here and there. |
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| I forgot to add my Quercus Fusiformis ( 3 all together ) are all doing good. Of course they are native to the west ( Arizona, Texas etc. ) So no surprise there. |
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| Oaks where I am are doing fine. We had a bad drought last year, not this year, though. We lost millions of pines and nearly every magnolia is gone, though. Those seem to be the only two types of trees that really couldn't handle it. |
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- Posted by ilovemytrees 6a Western NY (My Page) on Wed, Jul 18, 12 at 12:36
| The video is at the link below, it's from my local news station's website. "The hot, dry weather is painting Western New York lawns brown. 2 On Your Side's Heather Ly has provided us with a recipe for a Lawn Tonic that she says will turn that brown grass green again. Lawn Tonic Recipe: 1 can of beer (regular, not light) 1 can of soda (regular, not diet) 1/2 cup dishwashing liquid (not antibacterial soap) 1/2 cup liquid ammonia 1/2 cup mouthwash Mix it all together in a sprayer attached to your garden hose. The soda and beer act as food for your grass. The dish soap is also an ingredient in a lot of gardening recipes. For really brown grass, spray this concoction every three weeks. Gladys Davis told us she swears by it. "I passed it on to relatives out of town. Anyone who's talking lawns or really interested in their lawn. I've given them the recipe." We've been sharing this recipe every year since our sister station in Denver, Colorado shared it with their viewers a few years ago. If you try it, let us know what you think! Post your comments on our Facebook page, or email Heather Ly." |
Here is a link that might be useful: WGRZ
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- Posted by lisanti07028 z6NJ (My Page) on Wed, Jul 18, 12 at 13:36
| I was up in Rochester, NY over the weekend and it is scary dry up there. |
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