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Old 22-07-2009, 04:01 PM
Hedgeman Hedgeman is offline
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Be brave and cut the top off the tree. Do it in spring when the sap has started rising to prevent silver leaf. You can often see old trees being regerated like this. You will get new growths around and just below the cut.
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