orfeo
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Location: australia

what to do after heat stress (brown leaves)

Hi,

I've had one of my tress here in australia, sydney, become heat stressed after a hot summer when I was away from the house. Unfortunately I'm not sure of the tree species and can't put a photo up. But basically a lot of the leaves have turned brown on the outer 1/2 of the leaf. Other trees showed similar characteristics but have since recovered. But this tree has remained the same. There was a period of heavy rain and really good growth in this tree but after that it received heat stress and I think it was the new leaves that handled it the worst. I removed many of the worst leaves but there are still others which are 1/2 brown. Should I remove every single brown leaf? it seems like they probably aren't functioning too well any more. Or should I leave them on? At the moment all I'm doing is watering it well but that doesn't seem to be doing much.

thanks in advance.

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bullthistle
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Location: North Carolina

When your winter starts you might want to prune it back in the hopes that is recoups the following spring.



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