Comments on: How to deal with frost damage http://southerngardencoach.com/2010/01/frostdamage/ Expert landscape help for the do-it-yourselfer Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:40:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hani http://southerngardencoach.com/2010/01/frostdamage/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Hani Wed, 12 May 2010 14:41:18 +0000 http://southerngardencoach.com/?p=111#comment-25 Thanks! I'll keep you posted. Thanks! I’ll keep you posted.

]]> By: admin http://southerngardencoach.com/2010/01/frostdamage/comment-page-1/#comment-24 admin Wed, 12 May 2010 03:33:16 +0000 http://southerngardencoach.com/?p=111#comment-24 Hani, A mulberry is gonna have a tough time in Minnesota. They are only marginally hardy here in North Georgia. The only living part of that tree is low down on the trunk. It is trying to sprout and grow and you are rubbing it off! The upper parts are most assuredly dead, so the only growth is going to be low on the trunk. My suggestion is to allow it to grow and become a multi-trunked tree...and hope it gets more established before the next harsh Minnesota winter! Let me know how it does through the summer. Hani,
A mulberry is gonna have a tough time in Minnesota. They are only marginally hardy here in North Georgia. The only living part of that tree is low down on the trunk. It is trying to sprout and grow and you are rubbing it off! The upper parts are most assuredly dead, so the only growth is going to be low on the trunk. My suggestion is to allow it to grow and become a multi-trunked tree…and hope it gets more established before the next harsh Minnesota winter! Let me know how it does through the summer.

]]> By: Hani http://southerngardencoach.com/2010/01/frostdamage/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Hani Tue, 11 May 2010 23:58:11 +0000 http://southerngardencoach.com/?p=111#comment-23 Hello there and thanks for posting this. I live in Minnesota where I planted a bare-root mulberry tree in September. I received it 6 feet tall and it had no leaves on but was very much alive. After the bitter but relatively mild winter we've had this year, it's yet to show any activity in its buds but scratch testing is positve everywhere on the tree and there are no stiff limbs. Last week I noticed that in many areas above the main branching point, the bark was peeling off. It was paper thin and underneath it there was a white speckled texture that was rough to touch. I peeled all the loose bark off and rubbed that white substance off with my bare hands, exposing slightly green wood underneath. It was also starting to form new shoots close to the ground. I quickly removed those because I wanted to encourage growth from higher up in the tree. I wonder what I should do about this whole situation. Should I simply wait for the buds to open? Should I chop the tree and make it grow from its main stalk? Should I spray it with fungicide? Thanks in advance. Hello there and thanks for posting this. I live in Minnesota where I planted a bare-root mulberry tree in September. I received it 6 feet tall and it had no leaves on but was very much alive. After the bitter but relatively mild winter we’ve had this year, it’s yet to show any activity in its buds but scratch testing is positve everywhere on the tree and there are no stiff limbs.

Last week I noticed that in many areas above the main branching point, the bark was peeling off. It was paper thin and underneath it there was a white speckled texture that was rough to touch. I peeled all the loose bark off and rubbed that white substance off with my bare hands, exposing slightly green wood underneath.

It was also starting to form new shoots close to the ground. I quickly removed those because I wanted to encourage growth from higher up in the tree. I wonder what I should do about this whole situation. Should I simply wait for the buds to open? Should I chop the tree and make it grow from its main stalk? Should I spray it with fungicide?

Thanks in advance.

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