Derek Reese 29
5 year old buck +
Have 2 trees planted last spring that survive the summer...one was a drop tine and the other was a galarina. Both came as 3-5' whips and seemed to be doing pretty well earlier this year. The drop tine had added good height, branches and leaves and the galarina was doing about the same, albeit a little less. About mid July, both of their leaves started to turn brown, so I tried watering. This did not help at all and now both are crispy and dead. Besides the usual soil composition and too much shade ideas that I was kicking around in my head, I also came to note that there is a black walnut that is equidistant from both, about 15' away. Could the black walnut's autotoxic properties have affected these trees? To note, there are no other trees inside about a 20' radius around this black walnut, which is why I decided to add the 2 now-goner trees. Thanks for the help!