Why would trees brown out just a week or so after all that rain we got in Florida?

[Baitball Blogger]

First noticed it with a little paw-paw in the backyard. But a dozen eight foot oaks that were transplanted a couple of months ago have all browned out.

Once they brown out they never come back, do they?

[GoCubsGo]

1. There is such a thing as too much rain.

It's possible they got some kind of fungus. Also, I suspect the heat isn't helping them. It's possible that they may come back. Try bending a couple of the twigs. If they don't snap off right away, and are still green inside, the trees are still alive. They may put out new leaves. Or, they may not. If they are still alive, give them a little time before you give up on them.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Thanks.

[TuxedoKat]

3. You might try

putting some SuperThrive or ThriveAlive on them. I put it on some of my plants and trees that are suffering with the drought and it seemed to help so it might help yours too. Walmart sells it.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Man, I had some really sentimental trees that browned out that were vandalized by the neighbor.

I would have like to have known about that remedy.Thanks. I'll remember it for next time.

[OriginalGeek]

4. Did you get any of that humongous thunderstorm tonight?

I was over at my grandpa's (Wekiva area) putting together a new grill on his back porch and BAM! for about thirty minutes I couldn't see past his screen. Had to go in when the lightning started hitting so close there was no time between the flash and the bang.

I don't know anything about the trees though...I need to find something that grows fast and looks good and can be used for privacy...He had a lot of pine trees around the back porch but they had to take them all out long ago...they died and were in danger of falling on the house.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. I'm on the east side. This would be the first time we missed a thunderstorm!

Viburnum bushes provide the best screening in Florida, though they are without inspiration. Unless he has a large lot to let them spread (they can grow 30 feet up and probably 15 feet across) you will have to keep them trimmed. Once you shape them, it doesn't look like a lot of work. But, of course, alot of raising the arms, holding the trimmer, so it might not be the right choice for an older man.

There is another type of shrub that would also work well. Tall and small spikey leaves. Can't remember the name. The Starbucks on redbug/Tuscawilla uses them and it trimmed nicely, but, this can grow more upright than out, making it a better fit for tight places.

[bluedigger]

5. How close are you to salt water?

If a rising water table has mixed with/brought in the ocean somehow, it could affect them, I think.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. That would be an issue, however, all the trees were planted in elevated areas.

It's a mystery how the oaks and paw-paw browned out in the same day when they are blocks apart.

[irisblue]

9. does Fla still have county agricultural offices?

They may have the answers. If they still exist, or possibly a master gardner w/ a local park may know. Brown in july seems a bad sign.

[Chan790]

10. Too much moisture can lead to root-rot.

Like someone else said, call the agricultural office of the county or ask the one random guy who actually knows something about plants at the local Home Depot or Lowe's or other lawn and garden store. There are products for that but they differ by climate and the stuff they recommend here is going to be different than there.