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Old 05-04-2003, 06:34 AM
Robin Henderson
 
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Default Saving burnt pine tree

Hi,

I have some tall pine trees (the skinny pointy type, about 2.5 to 3 storeys
tall) and one of them recently caught a fire and most of the leaves were burnt
off.

The main trunk of the burnt tree is still there (but charred), although most
of the leaves have fallen off, except for a small amount (slightly less than
half a square metre) near the bottom of the tree which is still green.

So I was wondering if the tree can still be rescued. I've been giving it
plenty of water (when I remember daily, although I'm not sure whether it's
helping because I haven't seen any improvements (no new shoots of leaves, but
the tuft of green leaves are still there at the bottom).

So can it still be rescued? What can I do to help it grow back? We really like
the tree and prefer not to have to remove it if we can ...

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Best regards

Robin