On 05/09/2011 07:24 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 09/05/2011 10:45, Emery Davis wrote:
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The "scrape test" is definitive, if it shows brown not green then that
part of the plant has died. The only thing to mention is that Acers
often have damage along one side, before concluding the branch is dead
make sure to scrape in a few different places around the circumference,
if you see what I mean.

I do, Emery, and fully agree. But a novice might not and succeed in
ringbarking an otherwise viable trunk if they are not careful!


That's for sure Jeff, I may have just advised her how to kill it!