On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:20:50 +0000 (UTC), Lynda Thornton
wrote:

In article , davek davek@brentmere53
.fsnet.co.uk writes
As you can see, the plants in the back garden are vivid green, healthy
and thriving. They are, however, considerably shielded from the wind.
The plants in the front garden, however, are showing problems,
especially the one on the end, which is almost completely dead. The
others have brown areas on the branches that haven't fallen off yet,
and the general impression is that they are all to a greater or lesser
extent rather sickly. These plants are open to the very severe winds
(strong as well as cold) that we have had to endure in the Fens since
Christmas.

You already said it. That vicious easterly wind you get down there. We only
get the vicious south westerlies. (Wirral).
DaveK.

We planted a small row of leylandii next to a full boarded fence in
December and within a very short time were being buffeted badly in the
gale force winds which brought down a lot of branches round here, some
very large. I don't think they coped too well with that and almost
every one is now showing some dead branches or sections - I am hoping
that they will recover from this as they still seem mostly green and are
growing, I assume they will thicken out and the dead parts will either
regenerate to some extent or be hidden by the rest of the growth. I
just hope we don't get any more fierce winds for a good long while.

I read the diagnosis 'wind scorch' somewhere and that the 'branches'
should be sprayed with water to keep them moist. I say 'branches' in
quotes because the tiny plants are really like little babies at the
moment and the green bits are more like fronds than branches. I wonder
whether some Growmore might help?

MM