Craig Cowing wrote:
On Jun 2, 2005, at 8:55 AM, wrote:

Craig:

Do not defoliate the apex--remove some of the excess foliage on the
lower portion of the tree.



And leave the dead leaves on top? The lower part of the tree is doing
ok. The apical leaves aren't.

If the leaves are "dead" they're not transpiring, so it
doesn't matter.

Do NOT overwater. If there are few leaves to pull water up
from the roots, you could overwhelm the tree's ability and,
in effect, drown it. Keep soil damp, not wet.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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