Questions and Answering Sessions with Dale
Dale Groom
- Is it OK to prune shrubs now?
- Brown Patchs in Grass
- Worms in pecan trees
- Nut grass/sedge
- Grub worm killer out on St.
- Prune a live oak
- Crape Myrtles
- Prime time to “get going”
- Plum Trees
- Mums
- Winterize the Lawn
- Fire Power Nandinas
- Pansies
- Red Oaks
- Magnolia
- Maple Tree
- Pre-emergent
- Spring Bulbs
- Tulip and Daffodil Bulbs
- Red Oak
- Antitranspirant
- Transplanting
- Applying Pre-emergents
- Japanese Black Pine
- Problems With Black Soil
- Nana Nandina
- Rose Garden
- Pre-emergent-I
- Plum Tree-1
- Tx Trees/ Shrubs
- Round Up
- Myrtle-1
- Oak Trees
- Carnations & Cannas
- Bees
- Pruning Shrubs
- Norfolk Pine
- Rose Bush
- Japanese Boxwood
- Hazardous Chemicals
- St. Augustine
- Roundup Endanger Trees
- Pruning Roses
- Grass Burs
- St. Augustine & Grubs
- Crape Myrtle
- Soil Test
- Bradford Pear
- Holly
- Oleanders
- St. Augustine Grass
- Watering Trees
- Crab Grass
- Shade Tree Leaves Turning Brown
- Adding Major Soil Amendments
- Figs Trees
- Black Clay
- Fall Is For Planting
- Houseplants
- Dallisgrass in my Lawn
- Landscaping with Trees
- Non-bearing Mulberry
- Gardenia Bushes
- Grow live oak trees from acorns
- Bigtooth Maple Trees
- To Grow a Healthy Lawn
- Boston Fern
- Berm
- Nandinas
- Grasses
- Birch and Sugar Maple Trees
- Growing a lawn in Texas
- Plants that Survive Drastic Temperature
- Rnning Rose
- Pine Trees
- Managing Chickweed and Henbit
- Bradford Pear / Bermuda
- Oak Trees -1
- St. Augustine Grass -2
- Hummingbird Garden
- Willie Nelson’s music, pinto beans and corn bread
Cold Damage
This is a problem in Texas mainly due to sudden changes in temperature in late fall through early spring. Mid winter cold damage kills the cambium layer causing it to turn brown. South west injury is the killing of the bark on the southwest side of the tree. This occurs because the bright winter sun heats up the surface cambium of the tree during the day. Thus this area is not as dormant as the rest of the tree. When the sun goes down, it is the southeast side of the tree which was last warmed by the sun. Thus it is this side of the tree that goes through the most extreme change in temperature which can lead to tissue death. Damage at bloom is to the young developing flowers and fruit. As the flowers begin to open they lose hardiness. At full bloom, the flowers can be severely damaged at temperatures of 28° F or lower. Small fruit can be severely damaged at 30° F or lower.
