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Old 8th July 2008, 06:41 AM   #727 (permalink)
kiwi_tree_steve
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Default Re: Ekka how's it going?

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Originally Posted by gersmit View Post
I have dug open the base of the tree - see photo attached. I cannot see any fungus in the ground really? We have been having very wet rainy season - isnt the ground perhaps to wet for the tree? also why would this tree die while the same trees right next to it (4 m) on both sides is flourishing???
right, the way you have cleared the soil, will lead to water pooling around the base of the trunk, this will be a problem, clear a bigger area, out to the drip line, and shape the edges of the hole, to hinder water building up and water loging the roots a fertilizer program would be a good idea.

re the other trees that are close,some questions. were they buried as well? planted at same time? are they the same Species?
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