Winter Burn Quiz Winter Burn Quiz Take the Quiz! Get a perfect score! Earn the medallion! Questions may have more than one correct answer. Be sure to select all answers that are correct. If you don't get a perfect score, you can take the quiz again until you do! Please provide your email address to receive your digital medallion. Reference: Winter Burn Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Winter burn can be a problem on all types of evergreens including those with broad leaves, needles, and scale-like leaves.(Required) true false 2) The typical symptom of winter burn is a browning of foliage starting in the interior of plants and working outward toward the branch tips.(Required) true false 3) In extreme cases, winter burn can lead to plant death.(Required) true false 4) Winter burn can result from leaves/needles dehydrating due to a variety of factors including (but not limited to) poorly developed root systems that don't take up sufficient water, and high winter winds.(Required) true false 5) Management strategies that are recommended to prevent winter burn include(Required) planting plants that are winter hardy in your area tightly wrapping sensitive plants to prevent water loss making sure established sensitive plants receive one inch of water per week going into the fall up until the ground freezes or there is a significant snowfall planting shrubs in the early spring or late fall (October or later) mulching shrubs appropriately minimizing use of salt around sensitive plants avoiding fall fertilization of sensitive plants avoiding pruning sensitive plants in late summer or early fall none of the above Δ
