Are we having a "Early Fall" this year?

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SmokeyVol

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Working up here in the mountains the tree are really going through some shock this year. Two weeks ago LeConte and Cove Mtn were both green, and now the are brown again.

I was chatting with a UT agricultural grad about this very thing a few days ago. Most if not all deciduous tree bloom once a year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but deciduous trees need to bloom to help continue their life cycle with photosynthesis. With all that being said how long can a tree stay dormant and survive?

Anyone else here specialize in this field that can shed some light on this topic? I draw house... I'm far from a tree expert. :)
 
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Smokey_Vol said:
Working up here in the mountains the tree are really going through some shock this year. Two weeks ago LeConte and Cove Mtn were both green, and now the are brown again.

I was chatting with a UT agricultural grad about this very thing a few days ago. Most if not all deciduous tree bloom once a year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but deciduous trees need to bloom to help continue their life cycle with photosynthesis. With all that being said how long can a tree stay dormant and survive?

Anyone else here specialize in this field that can shed some light on this topic? I draw house... I'm far from a tree expert. :)
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Wow... Lot words to describe blackberry winter..
 
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Smokey_Vol said:
Working up here in the mountains the tree are really going through some shock this year. Two weeks ago LeConte and Cove Mtn were both green, and now the are brown again.

I was chatting with a UT agricultural grad about this very thing a few days ago. Most if not all deciduous tree bloom once a year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but deciduous trees need to bloom to help continue their life cycle with photosynthesis. With all that being said how long can a tree stay dormant and survive?

Anyone else here specialize in this field that can shed some light on this topic? I draw house... I'm far from a tree expert. :)
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There is a difference between a bloom and a leaf. A leaf is what does photosynthesis, not the bloom. My grandfather told me that the leaves will come back like normal; he also said that blooms on fruit trees will come back out, but the fruit will be low quality. I am not sure about the deciduous trees, but if the freeze didn't hurt them too bad, then I wouldn't think it would hurt them to not bloom again this year.
 
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xJesusx56 said:
Wow...One of few people besides my family that ive ever heard talk about Dogwood/Blackberry winter.
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Really? It's common knowledge around my neck of the woods. I was always told that there were four of them: red bud, dogwood, blackberry, and finally locust winter.
 
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sea of orange said:
Really? It's common knowledge around my neck of the woods. I was always told that there were four of them: red bud, dogwood, blackberry, and finally locust winter.
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I usually only heard dogwood and blackberry...as well as one snow on the spring flowers (dafodills)
 
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CSpindizzy said:
Alright...you've stirred up an interest. Care to explain what each one means?
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They are just old school references to late spring freezes. The dogwoods tend to pop out after the first, hence the name. Same for the blackberry bushes and the later cold snap... Phrases I've heard all my life.
Sort of like the old saying that the amount of black hairs on the wooly worm in the Fall is a predictor of the severity of the coming winter...country weather..
 
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i've heard of them all except locust winter... are you going to give us a lesson this fall about indian summer?
 
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volfanbill said:
i've heard of them all except locust winter... are you going to give us a lesson this fall about indian summer?
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I have never heard of Indian summer, I am guessing a warm spell in the fall? Locust winter is just like the others, besides the obvious, when the locust trees bloom.
 
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Here in Connecticut we'd normally be seeing a little green this time of year...but the trees are just starting to bud. I think the warm winter, with a late snap of unseasonable cold weather, messed up mother nature a little.
 
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