Posted by mocean on November 24, 2010, 10:06 pm
This is my first time in the forum. There are so many knowledgeable and
helpful people here, that I thought someone might have the answer to my
question. I have a 20 year old pine that is being hit with water
-every- night by my neighbor's wild sprinklers. My understanding is that
you shouldn't water pine trees from overhead, especially in Winter when
temperatures are freezing. Before I speak with my neighbor, I thought
I'd ask the experts here if my pine tree is in any danger. Some of the
branches are now bare of needles since this began, but it didn't occur
to me that the watering could be causing it. Could this excessive
over-the-top watering cause diseases. or weaken my tree making it
vulnerable to pests?
Thank you for your help.
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mocean
Posted by Billy on November 25, 2010, 12:10 am
> This is my first time in the forum. There are so many knowledgeable and
> helpful people here, that I thought someone might have the answer to my
> question. I have a 20 year old pine that is being hit with water
> -every- night by my neighbor's wild sprinklers. My understanding is that
> you shouldn't water pine trees from overhead, especially in Winter when
> temperatures are freezing. Before I speak with my neighbor, I thought
> I'd ask the experts here if my pine tree is in any danger. Some of the
> branches are now bare of needles since this began, but it didn't occur
> to me that the watering could be causing it. Could this excessive
> over-the-top watering cause diseases. or weaken my tree making it
> vulnerable to pests?
>
> Thank you for your help.
Your neighbor waters in the winter? What and why? Water and snow from
above seem like they would be part of any pine's job description.
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- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2010/07/201072816515308172.html
Posted by Brooklyn1 on November 25, 2010, 8:42 am
wrote:
>> This is my first time in the forum. There are so many knowledgeable and
>> helpful people here, that I thought someone might have the answer to my
>> question. I have a 20 year old pine that is being hit with water
>> -every- night by my neighbor's wild sprinklers. My understanding is that
>> you shouldn't water pine trees from overhead, especially in Winter when
>> temperatures are freezing. Before I speak with my neighbor, I thought
>> I'd ask the experts here if my pine tree is in any danger. Some of the
>> branches are now bare of needles since this began, but it didn't occur
>> to me that the watering could be causing it. Could this excessive
>> over-the-top watering cause diseases. or weaken my tree making it
>> vulnerable to pests?
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>Your neighbor waters in the winter? What and why? Water and snow from
>above seem like they would be part of any pine's job description.\
Um, many parts of the planet have warm weather in winter. duh
If the neighbor is regularly sprinkling that tree (especially at
night) it will become severely damaged and eventually die... those
defoliated branches will not recoup, they are already dead.
Posted by Billy on November 25, 2010, 12:20 pm
Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> wrote:
>
> >
> >> This is my first time in the forum. There are so many knowledgeable and
> >> helpful people here, that I thought someone might have the answer to my
> >> question. I have a 20 year old pine that is being hit with water
> >> -every- night by my neighbor's wild sprinklers. My understanding is that
> >> you shouldn't water pine trees from overhead, especially in Winter when
> >> temperatures are freezing. Before I speak with my neighbor, I thought
> >> I'd ask the experts here if my pine tree is in any danger. Some of the
> >> branches are now bare of needles since this began, but it didn't occur
> >> to me that the watering could be causing it. Could this excessive
> >> over-the-top watering cause diseases. or weaken my tree making it
> >> vulnerable to pests?
> >>
> >> Thank you for your help.
> >
> >Your neighbor waters in the winter? What and why? Water and snow from
> >above seem like they would be part of any pine's job description.\
>
> Um, many parts of the planet have warm weather in winter. duh
>
> If the neighbor is regularly sprinkling that tree (especially at
> night) it will become severely damaged and eventually die... those
> defoliated branches will not recoup, they are already dead.
Warm winters in the U.K., Shelly? Duh. Don't play dumb with me.
You are playing, aren't you?
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2010/07/201072816515308172.html
Posted by Brooklyn1 on November 25, 2010, 1:15 pm
wrote:
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >> This is my first time in the forum. There are so many knowledgeable and
>> >> helpful people here, that I thought someone might have the answer to my
>> >> question. I have a 20 year old pine that is being hit with water
>> >> -every- night by my neighbor's wild sprinklers. My understanding is that
>> >> you shouldn't water pine trees from overhead, especially in Winter when
>> >> temperatures are freezing. Before I speak with my neighbor, I thought
>> >> I'd ask the experts here if my pine tree is in any danger. Some of the
>> >> branches are now bare of needles since this began, but it didn't occur
>> >> to me that the watering could be causing it. Could this excessive
>> >> over-the-top watering cause diseases. or weaken my tree making it
>> >> vulnerable to pests?
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your help.
>> >
>> >Your neighbor waters in the winter? What and why? Water and snow from
>> >above seem like they would be part of any pine's job description.\
>>
>> Um, many parts of the planet have warm weather in winter. duh
>>
>> If the neighbor is regularly sprinkling that tree (especially at
>> night) it will become severely damaged and eventually die... those
>> defoliated branches will not recoup, they are already dead.
>Warm winters in the U.K., Shelly? Duh. Don't play dumb with me.
>You are playing, aren't you?
You've never been to the UK, have you?
The entire southern portion especially the south like London never
sees more than a very brief freaky light frost that disappears almost
immediately, and maybe every ten years a few freaky flurries. And no
sane person waters this time of year in England... it's constantly
wet, Wet, WET! DUHMB Billy!
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> helpful people here, that I thought someone might have the answer to my
> question. I have a 20 year old pine that is being hit with water
> -every- night by my neighbor's wild sprinklers. My understanding is that
> you shouldn't water pine trees from overhead, especially in Winter when
> temperatures are freezing. Before I speak with my neighbor, I thought
> I'd ask the experts here if my pine tree is in any danger. Some of the
> branches are now bare of needles since this began, but it didn't occur
> to me that the watering could be causing it. Could this excessive
> over-the-top watering cause diseases. or weaken my tree making it
> vulnerable to pests?
>
> Thank you for your help.