why do oaks drop twigs

[John Shutler]

as above:confused1:,

customer asked me today. small twigs breaking off 3 or 4 years worth of extension growth back

didnt really have an answer

[Dean Lofthouse]

I noticed this a month or two back, left a right mess over a customers lawn

[skyhuck]

I've always put it down to not all growth being needed, some twigs are more successful and shade the others, so the less successful are shut down and die off.

[John Shutler]

the guy has 9 acres of garden and woodland, says his seen it from end to end

[Stephen Blair]

what the tree doesnt want it throws away, i suppose it is like big limb drop in summer, the tree knows what it has to do to survive i reckon

[David Humphries]

I think we're talking here about abscission twigs.

 

Particularly, It is thought that Oak does this as a form of self biannual fertilisation.

 

In a natural surrounding, if left, they break down and add the nutrients back into the Rhizosphere.

 

 

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[raafbeard]

Yep I reckon it is just uneeded growth, Oaks always seem to throw out loads of tiny shoots much more than they need...

[Stephen Blair]

I think we're talking here about abscission twigs.

 

Particularly, It is thought that Oak does this as a form of self biannual fertilisation.

 

In a natural surrounding, if left, they break down and add the nutrients back into the Rhizosphere.

 

 

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dave can you stop copying my answers, you are going to have to learn on your own 2 feet:lol:

[skyhuck]

I think we're talking here about abscission twigs.

 

Particularly, It is thought that Oak does this as a form of self biannual fertilisation.

 

In a natural surrounding, if left, they break down and add the nutrients back into the Rhizosphere.

 

 

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Presumably this is only recycling "unneeded growth", other wise why waste nutrients making the growth only to shed it???

[Andy Collins]

Best way to prevent such a mess is to remove the offending trees, we cant have all that mess every year can we? As for leaves, just dont get me started on that matter:laugh1: