kjgreifer
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 | | 08/20/2007 6:29 PM |
 Alert | Why do all the Pecan trees around Glennwilde look so bad? If you drive around the outskirts of town you can see some beautiful pecan trees on the farms.
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bitterbeard
Posts:207
| | 08/21/2007 2:07 AM |
Alert | They got caught in the freeze during the past winter and it killed off the end of the branches.
A week or so ago the dead portions were cut off on Honeycutt, they should grow back to their full glory in a year or two? | | | |
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garden glow
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| | 08/24/2007 9:44 PM |
Alert | They were and barely remain the backbone of trees of Maricopa....beautiful and majestic...I was taken a back somewhat when they trimmed them out ( I have to remind myself a southwest trim does not compare to a east coast trim... many more days of sun)
b.b. they already are filling in...I can only anticipate full glory.... | |
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garden glow
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| | 09/04/2007 9:14 PM |
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Looking GOOD......They're filling in ..have you noticed? | |
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kjgreifer
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| | 09/05/2007 10:10 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By garden glow on 09/04/2007 9:14 PM
Looking GOOD......They're filling in ..have you noticed?</div>
I haven't been by the park lately but from far away they still look bad. Do you know if these are different species than the Pecan trees on the farms around here? The trees on the farms look so good!
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garden glow
Posts:698
| | 09/06/2007 11:36 PM |
Alert | | Most likely the ones you see on the farms have not been recently trimmed...While I must admit I was alarmed at the severe trimming that was done to the ones along side Glennwilde...I have noticed the ones closer north to Porter are healthier looking then the lower ones...as BB said we will have to wait....coming from the east coast ANY mature tree out here is comforting even if its a bit bare! | |
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HiggsBoson
Posts:641
| | 09/26/2007 5:00 PM |
Alert | I wish they would have left more of them, I think it would have made Glennwilde look much nicer to have more of them remaining (the land was all a pecan grove right?).
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Sapo
Posts:186
| | 09/26/2007 6:11 PM |
Alert | The pecan trees look bad because when the construction is done, 50% or more of the roots of these trees are destroyed by trenching and earth moving. A tree cannot survive with a full crown and 50% root loss, so the trees are responding with ~50% crown dieback (the roots balance the crown area in a healthy tree).
The problem is, as the branches die back, they become a haven for fungi and insects that could kill the remainder of the crown.
The trees need a thorough, harsh pruning if they are going to make it.
Sapo (I used to work pruning trees -- I know of what I speak) | | | |
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kjgreifer
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| | 09/26/2007 7:22 PM |
Alert | Sapo,
Do you think they are pruning the trees correctly. Any chance these trees, in your opinion, will survive?
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