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Sounds brutal, just an idea but would it make sense to have drought tolerant shade trees on one side of fruit trees to protect your trees during heatwave/drought? -joep450
The weather has been crazy! I hope you don't loose any plants. Better get that AC fixed ASAP, you never know when we will get our next heat wave. Simon
And the best types of trees like eucalyptus are bad for wildfires. This is wildfire area, was worried about fire breaking out yesterday. Conditions were there for a major outbreak.
Quote from: spaugh on September 03, 2017, 02:07:09 PM And the best types of trees like eucalyptus are bad for wildfires. This is wildfire area, was worried about fire breaking out yesterday. Conditions were there for a major outbreak.There are a few CA nurseries with drought tolerant windbreaker trees but I came across these in this article on dryland farming.Tamarisk (Tamarix) Tamarix ramosissima is invasive in CA. Other varieties are OK. Inhibit understory growth by dropping salt extracted by deep roots. Tamarix aphylla hasn't naturalized in the US and is used as a wind/fire breaK. It is fire resistant.Bermuda Juniper Almost wiped out in native Bermuda by imported scale insects but resistant varieties have been bred.Casuarina (ironwood). Good timber, fixes nitrogen but potentially invasive.