Larry, Construction around existing, mature trees can be a tricky situation. Disturbance in the root-zone or an improper established tree protection region often leads to a slow death of the desired tree to be saved. It is unfortunate, but it is sometimes better for the developer to remove large trees at the front end rather than the business owners have to remove it later at great expense after it dies. Do you think the white paint on the trunk is for safety (for identification); or is it for some other reason? Trees in the "urban forest" have to be tough because they endure a lot of abuse and neglect!
Steve Springer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 7:20 AM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Live Oak Project Steve, It did seam to have a little decay, not uncommon. I don't think all that concrete around the root system is helping. We had been without rain for 22 days until last week. Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
