On Apr 22, 10:15Â*am, "Don Staples" wrote:
"Sheldon" wrote in message

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wrote:
About 10 years ago my neighbor planted two rows (staggered) of
evergreens to act as a privacy barrier.

Now the trees are getting pretty big and he is concerned that they
might choke each other out and die. �He could remove one of the rows
but the "insides" of the trees don't have any healthy growth since not
much light gets in there.

Questions a

- Is it possible that the trees could choke each other out or can they
survive close to each other?

They will survive quite well, that's how conifers grow in a forest,
they need only their upermost portion in the sun.... you can plant a
privacy screen/windbreak or specimen plantings, you cannot have the
same trees accomplish both.

- If he does remove a row will the previously unexposed side of the
tree generate new growth or will the just look nasty forever.

Nasty forever.

One thing never expressed by the original poster was species and location.
Most evergreens (?) do not do well in close competition.

The OP said Evergreen "Trees", which means conifers. Conifers do very
well growing compacted by their own kind, that's how they grow in
their natural habitat. In fact most all evergreens, even shrubs, do
very well growing compacted.... just because a portion is shaded and
has little to no greenery doesn't mean the plant is unhealthy,
aethetics has nothing to do with objectivity. You've obviously never
walked through a conifer forest.