2006-07-02 07:27:56 · 5 answers · asked by cap_0266 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
There are several reasons tree trunks split like that. First can be lack of water then too getting too much water at once will do it too. Also winter cold will split the bark and once that happens insects will invade or fungus. There are so many things it can be but I think it is the simple ones like lack of or too much water. At least if it is lack of water you can control that but too much you are going to probably loose them all.
2006-07-02 07:38:57 · answer #1 · answered by ksr_2857 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can think of two possibilities--I'm sure there are more.
1. If the trees stand in very open areas with little other shade around them, they could be "sun scalded"--the tree actually sunburns, and the burned part of the bark dies, exposing the inner pulp.
2. if you are having a very wet season, the trees could be over-hydrated and splitting from that.
I actually thought of a third one as I was typing: Extreme and sudden cold early in the winter can freeze and rupture the bark.
2006-07-02 07:35:28 · answer #2 · answered by nickdmd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happened to me a few years ago and my tree died. But it was due to a lack of water. We were in a water shortage here in New Mexico.
2006-07-02 07:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by overlord_1138 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if conditions are normal, get some baseball/hockey tape, the kind that looks like white fabric with glue on one side, wrapped around bats, and hockey sticks. wrap this around places on the tree where you see splitting start. it protects the tree, and eventually disintegrates.
2006-07-02 07:41:04 · answer #4 · answered by `•.¸¸.•´´¯`••._.•Herb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to wet, to dry, to cold, to hot, or to much fertilizer and it's growing to fast????
2006-07-02 09:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by whitenight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋