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| Hi, I have a 14 year old Honey Locust tree.
The leaves turn yellow and drop off every day from Lat May until late fall. It's like it fall here EVERYDAY! Other Locust trees in town have the same problem. Is it heat related? What can be done to prevent the leaf lose? Thanks! Kevin |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 27, 10 at 8:04
| What can be done to prevent the leaf [loss]? o Change the genetics of the species to make it stop abscising leaflets during drought stress. o Change the climate of the planet to make the Mediterranean climes rain in summer. o Cut down the tree. Dan |
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| Hey Dan, THANKS for being soooo helpful. Instead of being a smartass about it, you could have told me it is stress related and there is nothing I can do. I am neither a California native, nor have prior experience with this species, so since I'm not an EXPERT as obviously you are, I sought help here to see if perhaps it was insects or a disease that I COULD do something about. Instead I get a response such as yours. Can you change your genetics so you are not such a d@#%? |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 27, 10 at 17:42
| Well, that's what I get for not writing my standard 'impossible to tell with information provided' reply. Whaddya gon' do. Dan |
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| What other info specifically do you need? |
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- Posted by gardningrandma (My Page) on Fri, Aug 27, 10 at 20:02
| Water it. Please don't yell at me. |
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| Yes, I water it twice a day. How much water does it need? |
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| You said "Yes, I water it twice a day. " By what system? Drip? Trickle? Sprinkler? Hand held hose? And how long does the sytem run? |
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- Posted by gardningrandma (My Page) on Sat, Aug 28, 10 at 11:30
| Those are important questions to answer. Please tell us more about your climate and soil. I'm guessing it is naturally arid. There is also such a thing as watering too much. In the desert SW, many cultivated plants are dependant on irrigation. They are irrigated from sprinklers and things like that very frequently creating a shallow rooted tree that is even less tolerant of drought. Off the bat, twice a day sounds crazy to someone in the east but I won't rush to judgement. |
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- Posted by toronado3800 Z6 St. Louis (My Page) on Sat, Aug 28, 10 at 14:32
| Here in flood prone St. Louis twice a day sounds extreme as well. philipk65, what part of California are you in? Believe it or not the only part of CA I've visited is Death Valley lol. 14 years old might be a pretty decent sized tree. Is this like a 20 or 30 foot specimen? Normally for my small transplants I can stick my fingers in the ground to tell if they need water. Do you check your dirt to see if it needs that much irrigation? **************** |
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| I live in the East Bay Area of San Francisco. I water it twice a day with a hose (5 gallons each time) The soil is mostly clay. |
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- Posted by jamiedolan 4/5 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 29, 10 at 12:03
| Don't know how big the tree is. If this is a larger tree, as would be suggested by the 14 year age, 5 gallons isn't much water. If it needs water, It needs a deep watering, running a slow hose or soaker for a long time. Then wait for the soil to dry out, dig down several inches around the tree and see that it is dry before you water it again. Most trees don't want to stay wet most all the time, with a hand full of exceptions, but the honey locust isn't one of them. |
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- Posted by Claude Pose 5(claudepose@yahoo.com) onSun, Aug 21, 11 at 11:02
| I would like an answer too. I planted 2 trees 15 years ago in deferent spots and I live in an area with lots of rain and every year the same thing happens to the 2 trees, they start loosing there leaves by mid summer, slowly turning yellow and then falling off decease like.Every year,no matter what I do, and they get bigger every year, go figure. |
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- Posted by toronado3800 Z6 St. Louis (My Page) on Sun, Aug 21, 11 at 12:08
| Claude, welcome aboard. What type of trees do you have and where in zone 5 are ya? The Box Elders around me drop leaves from June on. They grow but it is amazing how many leaves they can lose. Black Walnuts do similar. Mine have just started their early fall routine putting what I'm growing under them into part sun. None the less some are LARGE trees and we are talking a dozen of them so it must be just the nature of Black walnut in my area. One thing we do in suburbia is plant trees which WILL GROW in our area if you plant them in a field and eliminate the competition. But the locale might not be IDEAL for them. Crepe myrtles come to mind. No natural rows of crepe myrtle along the highways here. |
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| I am having the same problem. My front yard is 4 feet above the street and I have not watered my front yard this summer. It has been hot and dry here in St. Louis so I didn't worry about the initial drop but now the entire tree is shedding. I had web worms in the tree last year and thought this may still be affecting it also. I am watering it now. This tree is 25 years old and my main front yard tree. Can't afford to lose it. CrAzY LaRrY |
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| My Thornless Honey Locust in MD does the same thing. It is Sept 17th and very few leaves remain. The shedding starts maybe in early July and continues until Octoberish. It's not mimosa webworm. I dealt with those in late July using an Orthene Soil drench which seemed to have work, but I can't figure out why the tree loses its leaves. None of the other trees in my yard do this. The tree is at the bottom of a hill so it's in a damp area. I don't water it frequently, but I never have and I don't think the tree used to do this. I think it used to be more full and stay greener longer. I'm always surprised now when it comes back in the spring, but I am really getting tired the constant sweeping. It sits at the edge of my deck and provides nice shade while the leaves are acutally on. |
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