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Tree Cracking from Freezing
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"Sunscald is a fairly common physiological problem found most commonly on young, thin-barked ornamental and fruit trees. There are two subcategories of sunscald based on season (winter and summer), and both are inherently caused by the same factor; death of bark tissues caused by high temperatures.
Winter sunscald or frost cracking, which is less common in Arkansas, begins in the winter. "
Winter sunscald or frost cracking, which is less common in Arkansas, begins in the winter. "
What is sunscald on trees? | How to prevent sunscald on trees
www.uaex.uada.edu
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nice. I love a good citation to back that shit up. good shit buddy"Sunscald is a fairly common physiological problem found most commonly on young, thin-barked ornamental and fruit trees. There are two subcategories of sunscald based on season (winter and summer), and both are inherently caused by the same factor; death of bark tissues caused by high temperatures.
Winter sunscald or frost cracking, which is less common in Arkansas, begins in the winter. "
What is sunscald on trees? | How to prevent sunscald on trees
www.uaex.uada.edu
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Frost crack is a bit of a misnomer imo. Eventually in really bad cases cracks can occur but that's not from the frost, just the wood being dead as a result of sun scald/frost crack.
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Right. Not like trees randomly just crack. They are traced to previous wounds.
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Cool, so how do they define ‘frost crack’"Sunscald is a fairly common physiological problem found most commonly on young, thin-barked ornamental and fruit trees. There are two subcategories of sunscald based on season (winter and summer), and both are inherently caused by the same factor; death of bark tissues caused by high temperatures.
Winter sunscald or frost cracking, which is less common in Arkansas, begins in the winter. "
What is sunscald on trees? | How to prevent sunscald on trees
www.uaex.uada.edu
Sure one can cause the other in time, but they are entirely different.
Think of it as sometimes sunscald can lead to a frost crack. But 100 different kinds things can lead to a frost crack.
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Arkansas was just the first uni page that came up in the search, but I first learned that from the Colorado State Extension and/or the ISA.
A frost crack is just a sun scald that happens in winter.
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"...Winter sunscald or frost cracking, which is less common in Arkansas, begins in the winter. "
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That’s not a definition. It’s correlation to the cause of a frost crack
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I can't wait to see the AI article made from this thread. LOL
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Or is a sun scald a frost crack that happens in summer?
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On Frost Cracks from the Journal of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry:
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Yup and basic shigo. Makes sense from the weak link theory, and interestingly enough I have noticed a pattern with lighting damage. Granted I can count my sample size on my fingers over 19 years…
Trees that experience more exploding effects seem to have internal defects, aka weak links. Like electricity failures tend to follow the flow of least resistance.
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Shigo explained that he found a wound at the beginning of every crack
Impossible! Retrievers are nonmigratory!
An older neighbour of mine pruned his youngish maple and the bark split on the sunny side of the trunk. He called it sunscald and said more sap from the sun and quick freezes cracked/popped the bark. He strapped on a cover and the bark healed shut.
Wonder how sugar maples get through this in syrup season. Apparently freeze/cold nights is necessary for sap generation. Maybe sugar content is like antifreeze?
Wonder how sugar maples get through this in syrup season. Apparently freeze/cold nights is necessary for sap generation. Maybe sugar content is like antifreeze?
