{"id":902,"date":"2011-08-29T12:39:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T16:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bartlett.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2023-08-30T09:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:46:45","slug":"the-limb-is-falling-the-limb-is-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartlett.com\/blog\/the-limb-is-falling-the-limb-is-falling\/","title":{"rendered":"The limb is falling! The limb is falling!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone&#8217;s familiar with the story of &#8220;Chicken Little&#8221;, the pint-sized poultry who proclaimed &#8220;the sky is falling.&#8221; Well, he needs to get to work prognosticating about tree-limb failure. Most summers are complete with\u00a0sporadic limb failure, but\u00a0an added effect\u00a0of this historically <a href=\"http:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\">hot and dry summer<\/a> has been an increase in\u00a0what is often termed &#8220;sudden limb drop&#8221;. The cause of this dramatic event is complicated and contested among arborists, however, two general factors are at play: preexisting structural defects in the broken limb and excessive evapotranspiration as a result of high temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>These two factors account for an apparent spike in &#8220;sudden limb drop&#8221; this summer. The extreme cold and heavy snow and ice we experienced during February provided the structural defect by causing micro fractures in the limbs. This summer&#8217;s record-breaking string of 100-degree-plus days in the Southern Plains provided the extreme transpiration. While predicting these events is virtually impossible, reducing the amount of damage could be possible by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartlett.com\/\/services\/pruning?rs\">thinning the weight of the branches<\/a>, especially on nut-bearing trees\u00a0whose limbs\u00a0get heavier as the nuts mature late in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone&#8217;s familiar with the story of &#8220;Chicken Little&#8221;, the pint-sized poultry who proclaimed &#8220;the sky is falling.&#8221; Well, he needs to get to work prognosticating about tree-limb failure. Most summers are complete with\u00a0sporadic limb failure, but\u00a0an added effect\u00a0of this historically hot and dry summer has been an increase in\u00a0what is often termed &#8220;sudden limb drop&#8221;.&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bartlett.com\/blog\/the-limb-is-falling-the-limb-is-falling\/\">Read More<span> The limb is falling! 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