Is this a common Walnut and should it be futher along by now?

[SpringhallTreeCare]

Hello.

 

Had a look at this Walnut today. The color of the leaves has thrown me a bit and rather than drive around until I find another walnut I thought id ask on here!

 

The bark looks like common walnut I think. Prob not a black or japanese, Dont know about Butternut? The catkins look ok.

 

So my question is does the crown look overly sparse for this time of year, and is the red hue normal? There is a fair bit of deadwood and more than half the root area is under compacted ground.

Sorry for quality of pics

 

Many thanks,

 

Michael

[Andrew Gale]

Definitely looks like Juglans regia to me; Walnuts are notoriously late leafers so I wouldn't be too concerned. If it's like that in a months time then maybe there's a problem.

[SpringhallTreeCare]

Definitely looks like Juglans regia to me; Walnuts are notoriously late leafers so I wouldn't be too concerned. If it's like that in a months time then maybe there's a problem.

 

Thank you

[woodyguy]

Walnuts are very frost sensitive so can colour up red if under stress from weather in spring. Many plants go a bit red for a while if things are a bit cold for them. No long term harm though.

[Quercus Robert]

I think that diagnosis is wrong. It is possible the leaves could be late, but what we see here is a lot of stalks without leaves or buds of any kind. This tree is defoliated or dying back.

[sloth]

Walnuts are very frost sensitive so can colour up red if under stress from weather in spring. Many plants go a bit red for a while if things are a bit cold for them. No long term harm though.

 

True, and on walnut I'd say it is completely normal to have a red/purple tinge to young leaves regardless of temperature.

 

 

 

 

 

I think that diagnosis is wrong. It is possible the leaves could be late, but what we see here is a lot of stalks without leaves or buds of any kind. This tree is defoliated or dying back.

 

Nit picking a little here, but it is not defoliation - that would be losing existing leaves. It does have some small dead twigs in the crown periphery, probably caused by a less than perfect rhizosphere - compaction from vehicles, the tank under the crown possibilty of spillage/leakage etc. Again though, not really dieback in my opinion, that would be progressive dead twigs working their way further into the crown/larger diameter branches over time.

This is just typical dead twigs, from typical less than ideal soil conditions, caused typical human activity close to trees - happens anywhere trees and people co-exist...

[Stubby]

What does it look like today ? I presume the initial pics were spring/early summer .

[SpringhallTreeCare]

Here's what the tree looked like in early August. The previous pics were indeed taken in mid spring.

 

It's not in great shape but at least it's leafed up.

[Quercus Robert]

It pleases me to see this improvement!

[Mick Dempsey]

Tbh, it's not an improvement, walnuts leaf out very late. It catches a lot of people out.