frost bite

noyakitty · Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:35 am Post subject: frost bite

Hi there,

I have a tall umbrella tree in my office. Its about 10 years old now. A couple of weeks ago it got left out for a night. Normally we would not leave the tree outside at this time because its still frosty.

Well a day or so later the leaves were black. Now almost every branch has fallen off of it. Is there anything I can do to get new growth on this tree? Or is it history? It has sentimental value I would really love to save it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a bunch
Noyakitty
_________________
Noyakitty ;o)

The Helpful Gardener · Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject:

Those "branches" are just petioles, or leaf stems (when the leaves die they would go quickly...)

Haul it back in and wait it out. Even jungles get occasional frost; it's one of Nature's pruning methods. Should leaf back out unless it got zapped hard (20's or less...)

HG

noyakitty · Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject: frost bite

Thank you soooo much!!!!

You know, the main branches are still green, so I was hoping that if I pruned back the dead stems, it might get new foliage. And no, it wasn't 20 or below. Thanks, there is still hope for it yet.

;o)
_________________
Noyakitty ;o)