Subject: Question trees downed by winter ice and snow
From: "B & J"
Date: 2/26/03 12:58 AM Eastern Standard Time
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"SugarChile" wrote in message
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If you're a gambler, you could replant with aborvitae. snip

You don't have to be a gambler if you replant with arborvitae. Snow does
wreck havoc on arborvitae, but there is a solution when living in a high
snow area. Every fall before snow begins, tie plastic clothes line around
each. It keeps them from splitting apart. It should be removed in the
spring. It even works to pull arborvitae together that have unbroken
branches sagging from the previous winter's snow.

John

Hello John,
I did have the trees tied. They didn't break apart, but they just came out by
the roots after heavy ice and high winds. I couldn't do anything with ice. I
was knocking snow off all winter, but that ice was thick. I may plant them
again and just hope for an easier winter.
I am in Zone 6 SE Pa. - Jenny