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Trees are Dropping Leaves and Drying Up

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I have noticed for the last two weeks that the trees were not greening up on the ridges. At first I thought that the hardwoods were just coming on late on the high ridges. After having some time to look closer in the woods, I discovered that most of the Maples are sheading leaves which have dried up before becoming full sized even. Watched a neighboring farmer working ground across the little valley from my house today and there was a dust cloud blowing down the valley all day. Our Maples were hit hard by tent catipillers about 2 years ago. I wonder if that event is affecting what is happening to them now. Notice in the pics. of the dust that the whole ridge is brownish rather than green like it should be, The trees in the fore ground are green the way they should be.
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I wish I could send you some rain!

My farm, in north central ND, is so wet the renter is having a heck of a time trying to get the crop seeded.

It's raining as I type this. DAMN!
 
Cherry tree in our frt yard is doing the same thing. Leaves are leaving with the blossoms.. We have plenty of moisture.

Dave
 
3-4 years ago, during an extreme drought, a few of the Red Maples on my street started drying up and dropping leaves....a sign of extreme stress.

We watered the ones that we could reach with a hose and those are doing fine....

The other stressed maples never recovered 100% and are noticeably smaller and still have branches that have poor leaf production each Spring...

Hope you get some rain soon.....

Tim
 
This happened some years ago to us just after a good maple season and again last year. It was Anthracnose (spelling), a fungus. The trees will eventually recover, but some that are already stressed will not make it. You will know next year. I believe this is what it is.
Cal
 
Several years ago the neighbor/hunter noticed the smooth bark hickory trees stressing. Bugs were boring little holes in them. A forester told him the trees suffered mortally in the drought of 1999, ever present bugs and disease attacked, and the trees were dying.
Sure is a delicate balance.
 
Dave my cherries do the same thing It only happens on tips of limbs that don't pollinate. I just clip them off??? dont know if its right but they have been doing this for years. ED
 
(quoted from post at 04:28:13 06/01/10) I have noticed for the last two weeks that the trees were not greening up on the ridges. At first I thought that the hardwoods were just coming on late on the high ridges. After having some time to look closer in the woods, I discovered that most of the Maples are sheading leaves which have dried up before becoming full sized even. Watched a neighboring farmer working ground across the little valley from my house today and there was a dust cloud blowing down the valley all day. Our Maples were hit hard by tent catipillers about 2 years ago. I wonder if that event is affecting what is happening to them now. Notice in the pics. of the dust that the whole ridge is brownish rather than green like it should be, The trees in the fore ground are green the way they should be.
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hey acg, I live outside of norwich, I was going through my woods the other day and it looked like fall, all the leaves were covering my trails,, I think it was from the nice weather we had early and then the cold and snow we had on mothers day and around there,, yesterday I noticed that the leaves are recovering, so hopefuly it will be in time,, great pics by the way, I have property up by hartwick,, those pics look like an area I drive through to get there , on gregory rd,,good luck pat

I do see those tent catipillers are coming back to though,
 
Trees at our farm are dropping leaves and grass in places is withering. We went from a deluge during the winter to unseasonable warm and very dry.
 
usually there is an arrow on the head that tells which way to wind the string on. both strings wind the same direction. nothin to it.
 
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