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By Kenner P. Love
Extension Agent, ANR
Crop and Soil Sciences
The following February gardening tips are from the Rappahannock Extension Office.
• Deciduous trees with narrow crotch angles (such as Bradford pear) are more susceptible to snow damage than are trees with wide-branching angles as they have poor structure across the angle.
• Ice damage to woody plants occurs when high winds break heavily coated branches.
• Evergreens are more susceptible to snow damage than are deciduous plants as they have more foliage surface for snow accumulation.
• Trees with large cavities in their trunks should be evaluated yearly as to whether or not they should be removed for safety reasons. When a cavity takes up over 75 percent of a limb or trunk, the wood could give way anytime.
• WTatch for signs of heaving among your small shrubs. The freezing and thawing of the ground can force shallowrooted plants out of the soil. Replant any that have been heaved and mulch with two inches of organic material to reduce soil temperature fluctuation.
• Check valuable trees and shrubs for tent caterpillar egg masses and bag worms. Remove them to reduce the number of destructive pests this spring. Tent caterpillar egg masses are gray and varnished looking and form a collar around twigs. Bagworms look somewhat like a pine cone hanging at the end of branches.
• Prune most shrubs and trees on warm days this
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