[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick]

Have you considered root rot, Bill? What is the drainage and watering 
frequency? We forget that Ironwood is a desert species and may cope quite 
well for months without rain. Roots go deep following the water table.  I've 
dug up a few fifty year old stumps in Imperial, California where they thrive 
to an old age on half inch or less of annual rainfall.

Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer
Bcc: Arid Gardener.

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Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


> Tracy Crouch
> 85086
> tcrouch36 at cox.net
>
> Please let me know if it is normal for part of an ironwood tree to die 
> off.  We have one in our back yard - been there about 5 years - and it has 
> started dying off.  What might cause this?
>
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