Daft question

[sloth]

Hi all, this may seem like (indeed, it is) a daft question. I suspect I know the answer, but a seed of doubt has been planted and Id like confirmation of my thoughts.

Trees (Q rubra in this case) leaves do not wilt like suffering a lack of water before getting their autumn colours and falling. They remain 'upright' and turgid while getting their colour, then dry and fall. Correct?

Thank you...

[sloth]

Hi all, this may seem like (indeed, it is) a daft question. I suspect I know the answer, but a seed of doubt has been planted and Id like confirmation of my thoughts.

Trees (Q rubra in this case) leaves do not wilt like suffering a lack of water before getting their autumn colours and falling. They remain 'upright' and turgid while getting their colour, then dry and fall. Correct?

Thank you...

[sloth]

65 views and no answers! Not such a daft question after all...

Anyone?

[sloth]

65 views and no answers! Not such a daft question after all...

Anyone?

[David Humphries]

I don't imagine it's as black and white as that for all (tree) species.

 

Some (possibly the majority) will stay turgid and then Abcise.

But I'd imagine that some wilt away before dropping, top of my head I'm thinking of the likes of the less robust more delicate leaf species like Catalpa or the cut leaf maples perhaps.

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

I don't imagine it's as black and white as that for all (tree) species.

 

Some (possibly the majority) will stay turgid and then Abcise.

But I'd imagine that some wilt away before dropping, top of my head I'm thinking of the likes of the less robust more delicate leaf species like Catalpa or the cut leaf maples perhaps.

 

 

 

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[Gareth Dalzell]

Do you mean that the leaves still have their rigidity even though they have been shed? I thought a lot of trees did this? Maybe that's not what you mean.

[Gareth Dalzell]

Do you mean that the leaves still have their rigidity even though they have been shed? I thought a lot of trees did this? Maybe that's not what you mean.

[slack ma girdle]

At a guess i would say that there are 50+ possible reasons for the wilt. To find a definite answer will take hours of painstaking research and study.

But in the meantime for the leaf to wilt and become floppy, the inturnal structure must have become comprimised. As to why.........

No idea.

 

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[slack ma girdle]

At a guess i would say that there are 50+ possible reasons for the wilt. To find a definite answer will take hours of painstaking research and study.

But in the meantime for the leaf to wilt and become floppy, the inturnal structure must have become comprimised. As to why.........

No idea.

 

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Check ALL the simple things first.