Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Around here our oaks lose ("loose") their ("there") leaves in the spring, and they never change color. --FT On 11/11/17 6:38 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: I thought loss of chlorophyll was more a function of shortening of daylight hours, than anything else. Rick __

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Chicago -ish. Rick Original Message From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 8:22 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F. Where is this, Rick? On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 7

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Where is this, Rick? On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We has some of that here, too. > > It's a combination of the dry weather and lack of cold nights. Don't know > what your weather has been like temp wise, but it has been unusually

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
We has some of that here, too. It's a combination of the dry weather and lack of cold nights. Don't know what your weather has been like temp wise, but it has been unusually warm unusually late this here in S. Indiana. Color change in the leave is triggered by cool or cold nights and shorter d

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread as.thompson--- via Mercedes
Global Warming? :-) On Nov 11, 2017, at 12:48, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote: This fall many leaves did not change color. Recently, we had a hard freeze and many of them dropped, still being green. Do you have any idea what could have caused this anomaly? We had very dry weather in Se

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
I thought loss of chlorophyll was more a function of shortening of daylight hours, than anything else. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okieb

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 23:12:23 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > ‎>If it gets cold quickly, the tree will drop >the leaves quickly before > >they have a chance to lose their >chlorophyll. > > That I know. The issue is the leaves never_changed_color. If they still have their chlorophyll, th

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On November 11, 2017 at 5:56 PM Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > If it gets cold quickly, the tree will drop the leaves quickly before > they have a chance to lose their chlorophyll. A strong wind helps in the > process of getting the leaves off the trees. Like when the afternoon high is 65 and

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Craig sez: >‎Others can answer that question, too ... :-) Oh, I realize that. If I remember correctly, he has a PhD in botany, so I figured he would have a better clue than most. ‎>If it gets cold quickly, the tree will drop >the leaves quickly before >they have a chance to lose their >chloroph

Re: [MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 20:48:47 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > This fall many leaves did not change color. Recently, we had a hard > freeze and many of them dropped, still being green. Do you have any > idea what could have caused this anomaly? We had very dry weather in > September (nearly

[MBZ] OT: Question For Peter F.

2017-11-11 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
This fall many leaves did not change color. Recently, we had a hard freeze and many of them dropped, still being green. Do you have any idea what could have caused this anomaly? We had very dry weather in September (nearly drought). Rick ___ http://www.okieben