Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most of what a big freeze does is kill off the year's crop of insects. I expect that in a few years' time you'll have abundant new tree growth dating from the big freeze when there were no insects to destroy the seedlings. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com On Apr 22, 2007, at 8:04 AM, Don Dory wrote: > Tina, > You know you can't kill a fig tree. Cut it down at the base and > you will > have figs in three years. As to the old hickory trees, they will > be back; > they didn't get to be old trees by not weathering a few snap > freezes over > 100 years. > > On 4/22/07, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: >> >> At 10:22 PM 4/21/2007, you wrote: >> >> >In my 77 years, I have never seen this situation before. In >> >Tennessee, the governor is trying to see if he can get disaster aid >> >for the farmers and fruit growers, and I have heard that the >> >situation is similar in the Carolinas. >> > >> >Jim Nichols >> >Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> Yes, it is a disaster here in the Carolinas. 100% of the peach crop >> is gone. At my farm we lost peaches, apples, figs, pears - I don't >> know if any of them will come back. The fig bushes - some as big as >> a house - look totally dead. My Japanese maple, which was beautiful >> with spring leaves, now has dead tags hanging all over the >> tree. Huge hickory trees in the forest are totally brown. There is a >> big peach orchard just up the road and I talked to the woman there >> who said they lost every single tree. There will be no South >> Carolina peaches this year. :-( >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA >> http://www.tinamanley.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information