Tsivya
New Member
This is the first year that I am taking care of the yard work at my house. I have 1/3 acre near Denver, which has a terrible drought. Watering is limited to two two-hour periods a week.
27 feet below my house elevation is a creek (which will probably dry up before the summer is over). I have two enormous pine trees which are halfway up to the house.
Questions:
Do I need to water the trees, or are they all drawing from the water table that holds the creek? There are apple trees on the side of the house and in the upper back.
One apple tree is losing leaves; they are turning yellow and dropping off. Another apple tree has a white substance I've never seen before, mainly on the joints where the leaf stems attach to the tree. Is this a disease? Can it be treated?
One of the large pine trees has dead branches at the bottom. Is this normal or a sign of ill health? Do I need to cut them off? (One of them gave me a black eye a couple of weeks ago.)
It appears that all of the elm trees have Dutch elm disease, and I'm starting to take them out. A couple of those trees are very, very large. Is there any special way I need to dispose of the diseased trees?
How do I care for trees in a drought?
27 feet below my house elevation is a creek (which will probably dry up before the summer is over). I have two enormous pine trees which are halfway up to the house.
Questions:
Do I need to water the trees, or are they all drawing from the water table that holds the creek? There are apple trees on the side of the house and in the upper back.
One apple tree is losing leaves; they are turning yellow and dropping off. Another apple tree has a white substance I've never seen before, mainly on the joints where the leaf stems attach to the tree. Is this a disease? Can it be treated?
One of the large pine trees has dead branches at the bottom. Is this normal or a sign of ill health? Do I need to cut them off? (One of them gave me a black eye a couple of weeks ago.)
It appears that all of the elm trees have Dutch elm disease, and I'm starting to take them out. A couple of those trees are very, very large. Is there any special way I need to dispose of the diseased trees?
How do I care for trees in a drought?