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Brooklyn1 Gravesend1 wrote:
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:20:13 -0800, Billy
wrote:
In article ,
Brooklyn1 Gravesend1 wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:10:19 -0800, Billy
wrote:
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mocean wrote:
This is my first time in the forum. There are so many knowledgeable and
helpful people here, that I thought someone might have the answer to my
question. I have a 20 year old pine that is being hit with water
-every- night by my neighbor's wild sprinklers. My understanding is that
you shouldn't water pine trees from overhead, especially in Winter when
temperatures are freezing. Before I speak with my neighbor, I thought
I'd ask the experts here if my pine tree is in any danger. Some of the
branches are now bare of needles since this began, but it didn't occur
to me that the watering could be causing it. Could this excessive
over-the-top watering cause diseases. or weaken my tree making it
vulnerable to pests?
Thank you for your help.
Your neighbor waters in the winter? What and why? Water and snow from
above seem like they would be part of any pine's job description.\
Um, many parts of the planet have warm weather in winter. duh
If the neighbor is regularly sprinkling that tree (especially at
night) it will become severely damaged and eventually die... those
defoliated branches will not recoup, they are already dead.
Warm winters in the U.K., Shelly? Duh. Don't play dumb with me.
You are playing, aren't you?
You've never been to the UK, have you?
Does Heathrow count?
The entire southern portion especially the south like London never
sees more than a very brief freaky light frost that disappears almost
immediately, and maybe every ten years a few freaky flurries. And no
sane person waters this time of year in England... it's constantly
wet, Wet, WET! DUHMB Billy!
Found your bottle again, eh, Shelly? Good for you.
Now explain to me how warm/wet winters have anything to do with the
Salisbury Plain, or whatever it is that you are going on about now.
Locally, the pines in Cazadero get some 85 in. of rain a year and seem
to do just fine. Obviously, pines are neither riparian, or aquatic
plants, which seem to do well in dry temperate climates.
Since the poster identified themselves as being from the U.K., how did
you ever come up with warm winters? Then this seems to clash with your
second wintery example of frost and a few freaky flurries (of snow I
presume).
Is any of this getting through that sotted skull of yours?
You may want to sober-up before you apologize, duh.
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- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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