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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

An Iced-Over Tree? 'Leave It Alone'

It's a common sight in the area today: Trees and shrubs encased in ice, with branches bending from the weight.

You may think you're doing the plants a favor by breaking the ice off, but an expert says, "leave it alone."

Christine Moore, an arborist and curator of the National Herb Garden at the National Arboretum, says that branches are brittle right now. Suddenly releasing the weight of the ice will cause them to suddenly snap skyward while they're still not flexible.

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8 comments:

  1. Talking about ice Joe I am so fed up with Dorchester boe closing the schools for a little rain I have 3 children and most a days pay BC of some idiot at 530 in the am peeks out of his/ her window.
    please post.

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  2. The kids sound unruly 6:50 pm...Enjoy them while u can b/c one day they will be gone from the NEST you provide!

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  3. 7:17
    where do you come up with that?
    she lost a days pay bc of rain and bc someone didn't listen to the weather forecast.
    where does she insinuate unruly kids?
    hard to provide a NEST when you have no pay.
    am I in the twilight zone?

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  4. They canceled school because of the threat of 1 " of snow. WTF.

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  5. Don't breed em if you can't feed em!

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    1. Some of us work for a living fool you must be one if these unemployed keyboard warriors.AH

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  6. About the ice on trees and shrubs, it also helps preseve the moisture for the plant. Basically, it's good for them as long as you don't break the ice off. The ice acts as an insulator.

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  7. ha 6 5 0 stop crying and complaining if thats the worse thing that happened to you that day you had a GOOD day

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