What’s wrong with my tree?
More people are noticing trees. Just in general more people are noticing so many things in their yards they didn’t once or haven’t in years. They are looking at their lawns since their lawns have been their perimeter for so long.
What better time to plant a tree right? It’s always a good time to plant a tree….
You find the place you want one after days of exploring your lawn. Spring is a great time to plant trees we tell you.
Will you plant it yourself? Maybe. You never have.
You decide to mark this moment in your life with a tree. The kids can help. The neighbors will watch from a distance. Plan their own planting. Your neighborhood will become a forest in years to come. You will play music and dig. Watch a tree grow. Grow life.
Now that it’s in the ground you watch it. Like a hawk. Every leaf.
Is it growing yet? When will I notice? You notice when you quit watching. We say.
What is this spot on this leaf will it be ok?
Yes. The leaf was bruised in a way.
Is it being chewed on by a bug, I bet it’s that beetle from the Ash.
We explain why your maple does not present with emerald ash borer.
How can I protect it from the cold? It looks like it got cold.
We just really can’t. It did get cold.
Hope for the best. Give adequate care through its growing season. Adequate water, but not too much. Turn off irrigation that could hit this tree and drain to this hole you dug. Your lawn will bounce right back. Watering needs of a lush green lawn outweigh the needs of a new tree. Fertilize after the first year. Play games around it. Cook meals around it then sit under the shade in years to come. Just a thought…
We have been seeing frost damage to newly planted trees. It presents itself as a tree dying to many. It is likely just injured.
The leaves look like lettuce left too long in the fridge. These leaves are starting to crisp and fall. Specifically sensitive Japanese maples. Just look at their leaf if looks like lace.
It takes trees awhile to show the signs of a frost damaged tree. The leaf is full of moisture, then gets cold then warms up and dries up. Then falls. We like when leaves fall.
This is the trees defense to injury occurred. The key is to check the tree for viable buds to produce a second set of leaves. This next set may be smaller. They may also have ends with damage to this new set of leaves. With proper attention the tree will survive.
I have not attached a picture as their are so many different trees and too many ways they look when cold. Send me pictures of leaves or trees if you have any concerns.
This is what I miss? I haven’t been writing about plant care to so many. People who rely on my plant care. I dreamt this. I slept. I finally slept. I knew I would I just needed to get to my day I needed to sleep. I worked through a lot of mental anguish this week. I wore myself out over sweatshirts not smelling like my dad. Crushes on staff. Wishing to be held by strangers. Grief so compounded I became lonely. Grief so lonely I made new boundaries.
People are talking to me. Telling me things like their names and things about them. Why? People do this? Why me? Why now? Was I not approchable before? Not pretty before? Not me before? My name is so and so? And you are? I don’t know. But I do. I say my name. That’s enough. I say I miss my chickens in the country. Why would I tell a stranger this? Is this me? It seemed to be.
I tell people things. Once someone tells me something they struggle with it opens a door to say you struggle to. It’s a common bond we all struggle. It’s sharing the struggle that is the struggle.
Cold trees is a thing that has been just been on my mind. Because it’s my job to think of trees. It’s also just me. I think of them more than I think of myself usually. Until my dad died. Then I couldn’t see the forest for the trees. I was overwhelmed with details of loss and death not life and death. Just plain old death. Everyone dies has been a theme because someone I loved died. It brings to light that so will everyone and everything. Even trees. I lost hope. I forgot that it’s a circle. That with the loss comes gain and growth. Especially in the forest. I’ve seen it. I can see it before the forest is gone. It’s below the forest. Waiting to take over and grow when the light can be seen.
I just couldn’t see the whole situation well. It doesn’t change it. To see it today and tomorrow I may be right back to not seeing it again. I’m a forest girl and a tree girl and can see both things separately and also together as one. When I can see them. I just couldn’t see anything but death. no light.
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