![]() ![]() We don’t give the trees any substance, they just have to use what’s available in the soil that we feed them. It degrades to go back into the soil, and feeds the tree. ![]() That leaf litter is supposed to be under the tree. So just like Wes was talking, the ones in residential areas are not getting any leaf litter. And the thing around that, remember that trees make their own root soil. A lot of is popping off right now in trees that people didn’t even know what happened. Bark that’s broken and separating, it’s going to fall off. ![]() You don’t want to strap the bark on, we’ve seen that…. So if we’re getting trees from North Carolina, it’s a different tree than you’re getting from Louisiana even though it is a live oak…” – David Brantley, Southern Botanical, TreeNewal James Theiss “There are live oak trees that spanned from Big Bend all the way up through the United States, and each genetic in that seed, in that tree, has a different time when it breaks bud, has a different way it responds to things like that. All these things are triggering these trees to start getting active.” – Wesley Rivers, VP of Operations, TreeNewal David Brantley By mid-February, we’re normally warming up around here trees had been exposed to 70-plus-degree weather the week before. The timing of the freeze was a big problem because it was late. So, some trees that just were genetically predisposed to be early got really hurt. This just devastates the interior of the plant. Water crystallizes and freezes inside the vascular tissue and ruptures vessels and breaks cell walls. Trees that were breaking dormancy early were absorbing water. And I think the variability there is due to genetic differences. A lot of them looked like nothing happened, and a lot of them got completely killed. “But the freeze was devastating to a lot of them. Professionals at the Treenewal Team, including VP of Operations Wesley Rivers, Southern Botanical Pro David Brantley, and Cleanscapes Pro James Theiss, delve deep into the impacts of the recent freeze on trees, touching on genetic predispositions, regional differences, and the need for proper care. The damage from the freeze on trees varied among tree species and individual trees, with some being more susceptible to harm due to breaking dormancy early, and trees from different regions, such as North Carolina and Louisiana, can exhibit unique responses to the same stressors. This helps us better understand the complex interplay between environmental factors and tree health. It’s important to recognize that trees are influenced by genetic predispositions and regional differences. 20, 2021 Updated JTexans were tossed from one crisis to another this week as frigid temperatures and winter weather battered the state and the surrounding region. The severely stressed trees, weakened by the freeze, are now vulnerable to these beetles that attack both healthy and stressed pines. For example, East Texas pine trees face a lingering threat from the Great Texas Freeze of 2021 in the form of Ips engraver beetles. It’s not only still being felt, but often missed in tackling the lingering effects of weather anomalies: The impact on Texas’ trees. He also said while there will be several hours of continuous freezing temperature, there will also be warming periods.The Great Texas Freeze of 2021 had varied negative consequences on the region, from actual fatalities, to damage to infrastructure and utilities. He added that this cold blast will come with no precipitation. On average, this is the kind of cold front we only see in our region once every ten years or so,” White said. “This will certainly be the coldest experience in our region since February 2021. White said when it passes through San Antonio temperatures will drop by 20 degrees after reaching a high into the 60’s, but the lowest of lows in the city will be in the upper teens and 20s on Friday and Saturday mornings. 14, with about 110,000 homes and businesses losing electricity. Looks like it’ll be pushing through the DFW area during the early to mid-morning Thursday and then reaching our area in the Hill Country by late morning or early afternoon and then likely getting all the way through Brownsville by midnight on Thursday night.” A timeline of what happened during the 2021 ice storm in Austin. “The strong arctic front looks like it will start to move into the Panhandle late Wednesday night probably after midnight,” Keith White, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said. An arctic air mass is expected to arrive in Texas to create a bitter chill across Christmas weekend. ![]()
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