Another question. Not a true issue because both of those damages are healing, but i fear that on the next winter i'll have to deal with it once more.
My plant overall overwintered fine. There were some exception, obviously, with some leaf edges burned, but i would have defined that kind of damage "minor".
Still on 2 plants i have experienced some bark dieback. The first one (and the most dangerous one) has been the dieback on my plant in ground. The bark died on half trunk, well below the graft point, but oddly enough on the south half of the trunk. This is important because it died where it received more sun and overall heat (keep in mind that my north side of the cover i use for my plant is well insulated, so there is really a small irradiation from that side).
The second plant is a seedling Kensignton Pride. Even this plant died on the south side of the trunk, i discovered it just in spring. As you can see, even in this case, the damage is very low on the trunk.
Now, i'm clueless. Since this damage showed just after winter i would assume that it must have been cold damage but:
1)It is suspect that on both plant it showed on the south side of the trunk. This is tipical of scorches.
2)The Kensington Pride plant has been inside my home during the coldest day of the winter, so id didn't experienced all the cold the other plant experienced.
3)I have never heard from anyone of you about scorches on you mangos. But indeed, most mangos don't get the dark environment my plants get.
4)I need to understand if it has been cold damage or a scorch because they have differnt ways to be prevented.
5)The leaf damage of my plant has been, as i said, very minima. I don't know if bark should be affected by some frezzing weater unable to damage the leaves.
So, what do you think?
Can a mango bark be so badly scorched after a winter in a dark envoriment? And if it isn't scorch, what is it? Something biological maybe?
In-ground plant:
Kensington Pride: