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Trees Losing Leaves in Hard Soil

By Ellen Wells | Published: July 6, 2009

Q. Three days ago I dug eight 3-ft. by 3-ft. holes for trees. These holes were made in hardpan. I used a jackhammer to get down as far as I could tolerate before collapsing in a heap of protoplasm. I amended the soil properly and planted the trees, properly watered afterward to moisten, not [...]

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Sweet Gum Tree Problems

By Ellen Wells | Published: May 30, 2009

Q. I have a sweet gum tree in my back yard that has always been beautiful and full. This year it has been slower to leaf out and is not very full. There were a number of dead branches that started with buds early in the spring and then died. The branches are deformed. The [...]

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