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Old 2nd May 2010, 02:48 AM   #1
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Help I have a birch tree that appears to be dieing. The leaves are becoming sparce and slow in growing this spring. It's becoming worse every year. There are no signs of borers or leaf miners. The tree is approx 30+ yrs.
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Pictures would really help also more details soil type, work carried out around the tree in the last few years, treatments carried out, the more detail you can provide us then the more likely it will be that someone may be able to help you.
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Help I have a birch tree that appears to be dieing. The leaves are becoming sparce and slow in growing this spring. It's becoming worse every year. There are no signs of borers or leaf miners. The tree is approx 30+ yrs.
Birches are only good for 30 years as a landscape tree, in the wild they can live twice as long here in the northern hemisphere.
As a landscape tree they don't like their feet [roots] compacted or soil level grade raised. The top of the birch dieing will tell you its on its last leg.
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