Wm Tom Davis
Sapling
I came across an internet article by Andy Walsh regarding something many people forget about, especially now as temps rise and we over water in hopes of "cooling" the trees down a bit.
Many of my trees are in black plastic pots. I use them to try and get more growth while my trees are relatively young (less that 10 yrs). I live in a semi arid part of California, where lately the temps are in the upper 90's. Some of my trees were getting dry tips in their leaves and needles, so I have been watering and misting the the early morning. I do keep and eye on how damp the soil is, but one thing that I've been noticing is that the soil is a bit warm (black plastic pots).
So I did a search online and found this very informative article about root heat and that it can kill trees fairly quickly.
Here is the link:
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/rootheat.htm
I hope this helps someone in someway...
Many of my trees are in black plastic pots. I use them to try and get more growth while my trees are relatively young (less that 10 yrs). I live in a semi arid part of California, where lately the temps are in the upper 90's. Some of my trees were getting dry tips in their leaves and needles, so I have been watering and misting the the early morning. I do keep and eye on how damp the soil is, but one thing that I've been noticing is that the soil is a bit warm (black plastic pots).
So I did a search online and found this very informative article about root heat and that it can kill trees fairly quickly.
Here is the link:
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/rootheat.htm
I hope this helps someone in someway...
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