frost crack
Frost Cracks From Winter's Past May Have Gardeners Asking What Happened To My Tree
stone.91@osu.edu
Fri, 03/21/2025 - 09:14
As weather warms...and it will - the calendar says it is officially spring - people will hopefully be spending an increasing amount of time outdoors. As they are outside, they may notice some things that they had not observed last year, and it may catch them by surprise and they may begin seeking answers. We had just the situation in the OSU Lucas County Extension office when a resident stopped by to ask what happened to their tree over the winter.
Their verbal description of "vertical raised lines" on the main trunk of some of their trees in their landscape, and photos on their cell phone...
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Cold Case Cracked: Crime on Crabapple Exposed?
chatfield.1@osu.edu
Tue, 04/30/2019 - 08:05
Frost cracks occur on susceptible plants such as crabapple during rapid temperature fluctuations. This describes such a case.
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