I painted my railing and covered my bushes with a tarp for a few hours at mid day (picture 2). When I took the tarp off I had a perfect line of dead shrub. Has anyone ever seen this before and how do I fix it?
How hot is it? Sun out? I bet the top of the bush got cooked.
Automatic_Chip_946
Extremely high heat and humidity from being cooked under the tarp?
fiera6
Google solarization.
J3nn4_L10n5
The tarp held the heat radiating from the sun and scorched the tops of the bushes. The brown leaves are all dead, best bet is probably prune the top and let new growth pop out. Not sure about this species, may want to check to see if it would be better to wait til fall
tadpole_livingston
That’s an interesting pruning technique
FederalDeficit
Interesting…maybe the part actually touching the tarp got the toastiest. Or (insert something science-y about microclimates and moist hot air)
Upper-Technician-609
Too cold. The shadow from the tarp blocked out the sun and plants need sun. Also, the sun is warm. Without it, shit gets cold. That’s 100% what happened here. Too cold.
Deon_Deck
You baked them
UnicornSheets
Bad dye job
TopExperience3424
Looks like the sun must have hit that tarp really hard. It’s like getting in your car in the middle of summer it’s like an oven at the top of the tarp.
mannDog74
Now you can replace these nondescript shrubs with some grasses and then flowers in the front
nonstopfullstop
Contact high.
landing-softly
The best way to kill plants is to put a tarp over them in the sun. Like someone else said, it’s called solarization.
paligators
Think you can prune that right off and let it grow back but might be best to wait until the fall
adognameddanzig
The tarp worked like a solar panel and got really hot. This, in turn, killed off the new growth of the shrub. The plant was likely trimmed fairly recently, and the new growth on top is much more sensitive before it hardens off.
wife_seeking
Frost damage?
wife_seeking
Might be heavy freeze damage
Gravyonics
I don’t know “why”, but I know it will happen every time you put a tarp on some shrubs for any length of time.
7boston7
Vapor barrier
Thumbszilla
Ya cooked the bushes
Miserable-Garlic-532
The power of the flag could not reach them.
Middleclasslifestyle
If you play farm simulator then you know your soybeans are just about ready to be harvested
Ohno-mofo-1
Was is really sunny?
If so they’re likely burnt. – Allow them to grow out and trim the burn off!
Brrman8604
Go put a tarp over you and stand in the sun for a few hours and let us know what you think happened.
LosBastardos717
Heat and cold move up and down in uniform lines.. they move based on temperature. Just like gases.
PossibleAd7079
Yeah, heat
Ok_Manufacturer6460
Cooked
elijahvalk
I killed a rose bush like this
thom9969
Male pattern baldneas
Abject_Lengthiness99
It got hot
MimsyWereTheBorogove
it’s gonna be may
Wild_Replacement5880
The tarp wasn’t the best answer. If you are gonna cover it from the sun, tent it up from the porch to make a sunshade instead of a greenhouse.
LabyrinthofKnowledge
No loss really possibly gained as those bushes smell like straight cat piss. I’ll never understand why somebody would choose to have their property(9/10 located right next to the front door or adjacent walkway to the front door) smell like the house of a old crazy cat lady who is currently hoarding a 100 cats inside
Carbontee
You burned it
Inevitable_Butthole
You literally baked your trees lmao
Wrap it in tinfoil next time
awwskeetskeetgd
The tender new growth got heat nuked.
LongjumpingNorth8500
Obviously all other comments have answered your question but I would like to add, painters tarps or old bed sheets will allow the moisture to escape where plastic or a typical tarp will not. This also holds true for covering plants in the winter when there is a risk of frost. (Yes I’m in the deep south)
Weekly_Ad393
This happened to me for the first time this year too – but just on one of our three bushes. Edit to add: We didn’t tarp them or cover them, it just happened naturally.
Myrddin_Dundragon
Heat for sure. But now they match your awesome turtle.
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Heat killed it
How hot is it? Sun out? I bet the top of the bush got cooked.
Extremely high heat and humidity from being cooked under the tarp?
Google solarization.
The tarp held the heat radiating from the sun and scorched the tops of the bushes. The brown leaves are all dead, best bet is probably prune the top and let new growth pop out. Not sure about this species, may want to check to see if it would be better to wait til fall
That’s an interesting pruning technique
Interesting…maybe the part actually touching the tarp got the toastiest. Or (insert something science-y about microclimates and moist hot air)
Too cold. The shadow from the tarp blocked out the sun and plants need sun. Also, the sun is warm. Without it, shit gets cold. That’s 100% what happened here. Too cold.
You baked them
Bad dye job
Looks like the sun must have hit that tarp really hard. It’s like getting in your car in the middle of summer it’s like an oven at the top of the tarp.
Now you can replace these nondescript shrubs with some grasses and then flowers in the front
Contact high.
The best way to kill plants is to put a tarp over them in the sun. Like someone else said, it’s called solarization.
Think you can prune that right off and let it grow back but might be best to wait until the fall
The tarp worked like a solar panel and got really hot. This, in turn, killed off the new growth of the shrub. The plant was likely trimmed fairly recently, and the new growth on top is much more sensitive before it hardens off.
Frost damage?
Might be heavy freeze damage
I don’t know “why”, but I know it will happen every time you put a tarp on some shrubs for any length of time.
Vapor barrier
Ya cooked the bushes
The power of the flag could not reach them.
If you play farm simulator then you know your soybeans are just about ready to be harvested
Was is really sunny?
If so they’re likely burnt. – Allow them to grow out and trim the burn off!
Go put a tarp over you and stand in the sun for a few hours and let us know what you think happened.
Heat and cold move up and down in uniform lines.. they move based on temperature. Just like gases.
Yeah, heat
Cooked
I killed a rose bush like this
Male pattern baldneas
It got hot
it’s gonna be may
The tarp wasn’t the best answer. If you are gonna cover it from the sun, tent it up from the porch to make a sunshade instead of a greenhouse.
No loss really possibly gained as those bushes smell like straight cat piss. I’ll never understand why somebody would choose to have their property(9/10 located right next to the front door or adjacent walkway to the front door) smell like the house of a old crazy cat lady who is currently hoarding a 100 cats inside
You burned it
You literally baked your trees lmao
Wrap it in tinfoil next time
The tender new growth got heat nuked.
Obviously all other comments have answered your question but I would like to add, painters tarps or old bed sheets will allow the moisture to escape where plastic or a typical tarp will not. This also holds true for covering plants in the winter when there is a risk of frost. (Yes I’m in the deep south)
This happened to me for the first time this year too – but just on one of our three bushes. Edit to add: We didn’t tarp them or cover them, it just happened naturally.
Heat for sure. But now they match your awesome turtle.