On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:38:05 GMT, "Cindy" wrote:



Well, how long has it been since we had rain? Every tree I have has
been under considerable stress from the drought.

I was watering my juniper.

How were you watering? Taking into consideration that a tree's feeder
roots extend outward up to 2-3 times the tree height, you may not have
been watering a wide enough area. Considering most feeder roots are
in the top 12-18 inches of soil, but mostly beneath grass, you may not
have been watering deeply enough. If both these possibilities seem
inplausible, you may have been overwatering. Depending on what type
of juniper it was, you may have had a species ill-suited to Austin's
alkaline soil conditions. Just no way to know without more info.

k