08-25-2008, 07:22 AM
A newly planted tree should be watered regularly for at least the first two years otherwise they do dry out and the leaves get those edge scorching marks.
Dutch Elm disease doesn't effect the tree until it is more than just a sapling. A young elm has smooth bark on the main stem but as it gets older the bark starts to look more 'bark like' with wrinkles and splits and it's at that point that the beetle can get under it and the fungal disease it carries can then get into the tree. Over here the change is about when the tree gets to between 15 and 20 feet high.
Dutch Elm disease doesn't effect the tree until it is more than just a sapling. A young elm has smooth bark on the main stem but as it gets older the bark starts to look more 'bark like' with wrinkles and splits and it's at that point that the beetle can get under it and the fungal disease it carries can then get into the tree. Over here the change is about when the tree gets to between 15 and 20 feet high.