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Youngish Birch - growing tips dying?
Ian Cundell wrote in message ...
I have a Silver Birsh (Snow Queen) that is in in second summer p-lanted out. Last year it went mental and added something like 27ins to its stems. This year it started well, added about 10ins - and then seems to have stopped. Many stems have terminal leaves, rather than a growing tip, and the few growing tips seem to have blackened. It looks a bit like frost damage. I am mindful of two things: 1. It has been very windy (I'm in Hertfordshire, btw). 2. Because of this I have been keeping it liberally watered, and did inadvertently leave ther soaker on overnight - just before all the storms turned up. There was a bit of waterlogging, but although the ground is still a bit soft it certainly does not feel saturated. I just noticed that a couple of stems have what look like male catkins forming (the sticky out ones in clusters of three). This seems a bit early to me. So I am wondering if a combination of wind and water has fooled it into thinking it is later in the year than it really is - and if I should do anything about it. The soils is typical Herts clay with flints. A nearby Betula Pendula - much bigger, but planted at the same time - is going greeat guns. Apart from the waterlogging and the location, this could have been written by me as I have exactly the same problem. I notice you didn't get an answer on this group. If you found at anything from elsewhere I would be most appreciative if you could pass on some info. G. |
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Youngish Birch - growing tips dying?
Ian Cundell wrote in message ...
I have a Silver Birsh (Snow Queen) that is in in second summer p-lanted out. Last year it went mental and added something like 27ins to its stems. This year it started well, added about 10ins - and then seems to have stopped. Many stems have terminal leaves, rather than a growing tip, and the few growing tips seem to have blackened. It looks a bit like frost damage. I am mindful of two things: 1. It has been very windy (I'm in Hertfordshire, btw). 2. Because of this I have been keeping it liberally watered, and did inadvertently leave ther soaker on overnight - just before all the storms turned up. There was a bit of waterlogging, but although the ground is still a bit soft it certainly does not feel saturated. I just noticed that a couple of stems have what look like male catkins forming (the sticky out ones in clusters of three). This seems a bit early to me. So I am wondering if a combination of wind and water has fooled it into thinking it is later in the year than it really is - and if I should do anything about it. The soils is typical Herts clay with flints. A nearby Betula Pendula - much bigger, but planted at the same time - is going greeat guns. Apart from the waterlogging and the location, this could have been written by me as I have exactly the same problem. I notice you didn't get an answer on this group. If you found at anything from elsewhere I would be most appreciative if you could pass on some info. G. |
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Youngish Birch - growing tips dying?
Ian Cundell wrote in message ...
I have a Silver Birsh (Snow Queen) that is in in second summer p-lanted out. Last year it went mental and added something like 27ins to its stems. This year it started well, added about 10ins - and then seems to have stopped. Many stems have terminal leaves, rather than a growing tip, and the few growing tips seem to have blackened. It looks a bit like frost damage. I am mindful of two things: 1. It has been very windy (I'm in Hertfordshire, btw). 2. Because of this I have been keeping it liberally watered, and did inadvertently leave ther soaker on overnight - just before all the storms turned up. There was a bit of waterlogging, but although the ground is still a bit soft it certainly does not feel saturated. I just noticed that a couple of stems have what look like male catkins forming (the sticky out ones in clusters of three). This seems a bit early to me. So I am wondering if a combination of wind and water has fooled it into thinking it is later in the year than it really is - and if I should do anything about it. The soils is typical Herts clay with flints. A nearby Betula Pendula - much bigger, but planted at the same time - is going greeat guns. Apart from the waterlogging and the location, this could have been written by me as I have exactly the same problem. I notice you didn't get an answer on this group. If you found at anything from elsewhere I would be most appreciative if you could pass on some info. G. |
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Youngish Birch - growing tips dying?
Ian Cundell wrote in message ...
I have a Silver Birsh (Snow Queen) that is in in second summer p-lanted out. Last year it went mental and added something like 27ins to its stems. This year it started well, added about 10ins - and then seems to have stopped. Many stems have terminal leaves, rather than a growing tip, and the few growing tips seem to have blackened. It looks a bit like frost damage. I am mindful of two things: 1. It has been very windy (I'm in Hertfordshire, btw). 2. Because of this I have been keeping it liberally watered, and did inadvertently leave ther soaker on overnight - just before all the storms turned up. There was a bit of waterlogging, but although the ground is still a bit soft it certainly does not feel saturated. I just noticed that a couple of stems have what look like male catkins forming (the sticky out ones in clusters of three). This seems a bit early to me. So I am wondering if a combination of wind and water has fooled it into thinking it is later in the year than it really is - and if I should do anything about it. The soils is typical Herts clay with flints. A nearby Betula Pendula - much bigger, but planted at the same time - is going greeat guns. Apart from the waterlogging and the location, this could have been written by me as I have exactly the same problem. I notice you didn't get an answer on this group. If you found at anything from elsewhere I would be most appreciative if you could pass on some info. G. |
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Youngish Birch - growing tips dying?
Ian Cundell muttered:
Well, I asked at Ayletts (big, v highly regarded garden centre round my way) and the nice young lady said that her hazel was also pushing out catkins already. She though it was probably the slightly anomolous weather - the wind has been constant - and suggested putting some fish, blood and bone down (as a more balanced feed than the bonemeal it got at the start of spring), but otherwise leave it in peace unless it gets really dry. Ours did the same thing approx a month after planting but now it seems ok again - so fingers X'd |
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