Hello everyone,
This is my first post here, so forgive me if I'm asking a dumb question. The beginning of September I planted 25 emerald green 4' trees along the edge of my yard. Just this week I've notice the inside of EVERY tree is turning brown. Is the something i should worry about? I have mulch around every tree with a soaker hose. I try to water them at least once a week. I would hate for all these trees to die. They were very expensive and lots of work to plant......
Thank You
It's called: Normal Interior Browning. Spent foliage is all it is.
To keep your plants as healthy as possible, you can remove the spent foliage. You don't have to though. The foliage will drop eventually. It's like anything though, you can speed up nature's natural course by adding a helping hand.
Even though interior browning is normal on established trees, it's often a signal that new trees are short of water.
The reason is that the roots are still confined within the original rootball. Thus, the rootball dries much more rapidly that does the surrounding soil.
One key to success is where the soaker is placed. Right now, it should be ON TOP of the rootball.
If the soaker is farther out than that, the water WON'T go sideways into the rootball.
So go out and stick a finger into each & every original rootball. What's the status of each one -- dry, moist, or wet?
