See attached picture. To be honest I don't even know what kind of tree this is, but is it normal? We had a tree service out in March to trim all our trees, and they didn't mention anything then, but I don't know if they would have.
Your tree is very obviously injured. A gunshot victim will always bear the scar of the injury. So, the scar is "normal". That doesn't mean it's good. But it is normal. Your tree looks normal for one that has sustained a pretty major injury. Maybe from lightening or more likely got scraped by equipment during construction.
You can have an arborist (not a tree cutter) look at it. They can give you some idea as to the safety of the tree and/or how long it may live a useful life. That damage was caused or started years ago so I do not think there is a cure. The arborist can advise you whether the tree is worth saving, should get pruned to reduce the load or should be removed.
I have these day lilies planted in a 3 foot strip of soil parallel to a wooden fence. Every year for the past 15 years in the spring they come up thick and vibrant. But as soon as summer arrives they start dramatically dying out. Now to 1/6 one sixth what it was in the spring.
Even though this year I went out of my way to water them even more, I water them generously once every 2 days, it does not matter, they almost die completely out. See pix.
Racking my brain... The fence is pressure treated, it is 15 years old by now. That is certainly not a plus. But why would the lilies be so amazingly vibrant in the spring if it was poison run-off from the old pressure treated wood in the fence? I have morning glory growing like gang busters in the very same soil. Any ideas?
Thank you!
Dave
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I pulled out most of the dead leaves .....
I have drip irrigation in my garden. However our water is hard and after years of service, some of the emitter holes are plugged. I've seen where you can use muriatic acid to clean them. However I don't have that but do have some extra concentrated 45% vinegar. Would that work? Or if too concentrated, I could dilute if I know how much...
Later note--I see now that either [color=#545454]33% hydrochloric acid or 85% phosphoric acid[/color] is recommended. Does that help figure out what concentration of vinegar would be good?
06-26-22, 11:22 AM
