The new leaves are more susceptible to wind scorch than mature ones. New and young plants are usually more susceptible to wind damage than fully established ones, since they haven’t established a good root system. Wind scorch is worse when the soil or compost is frozen, very dry or waterlogged, since the roots cannot absorb water to replace that lost through the leaves. The wind acts like a vacuum cleaner – literally sucking water out of the leaves, and more quickly than the roots can replenish it, causing them to become damaged and/or die. The leaves turn dry and brittle and may fall off. Leaves can also suffer wind scorch (leaf scorch), where they wither, with a scorched look, with brown or sometimes black colouring either on their edges or over more-or-less the whole leaf. Wind causes damage to the leaves of a wide range of plants by shredding them.
So evergreens usually suffer more damage than deciduous plants, and gales in summer often cause more damage than those in winter.īut there are other symptoms that may plants can suffer when being buffeted by strong or cold winds. This damage is always worse when the trees and shrubs are still in leaf, as these provide more resistance to the wind. Obvious signs of wind damage can be seen where trees and large shrubs are blown over, or their trunks are snapped some way up from the ground.
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