Thanks for your replies. I believe the issue now is watering. Although
I have watered, i was doing it much more regularly when I first
planted the tree and have slacked off as the summer has progressed. My
bad. I will increase the watering and hopefully that will help the
problem.
On Aug 15, 11:46 pm, "Jeff" <jck...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I heard an expert say that the most common mistake people make with new
> trees is not enough water. This guy said no matter how much it rains,
newly
> planted trees must be given a gallon of water for every foot of height
every
> week (I hope I'm remembering that formula correctly). I noticed that
even
> after all the rain we had the first week of August, the soil in all my
beds
> is dry like powder now.
>
> "Rob" <rob.mccar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
> news:1187186455.823105.29430@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >I planted a Golden Chain tree back in May. It was growing great up
> > until about a 3 weeks to a month ago. It had all kinds of new growth
> > and very full. Then all of a sudden the leaves started dying and
> > dropping off. I've visually inspected it and found no trace of any
> > bugs on it. The only thing I have noticed recently is a weed growing
> > up around the base of the tree. When I first noticed it was very small
> > and I just pulled it out. But yesterday I checked it and it had start
> > filling in all around the base of the tree much thicker. Do you thing
> > this weed could have something to do with the growth of the tree. I
> > tried pulling it out, the leaves pulled up but it definitely did not
> > get the root, must be below the surface several inches at least. If it
> > is this weed causing the problems, how do I could about killing it
> > without harming the tree? What else could it be if not the weed? It
> > was growing so well for several months.
>
> > Thanks for any help!
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