Trees dieing with new grouth at the trunk

John H

I planted a few trees in my front garden a couple of years ago and one of them appears to be dieing but there is new shoots coming up at the bottom of the trunk.

Will I be able to save the main part of the tree?

Belfast · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject:

did you use a strimmer to cut the weeds near them?

John H · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject:

No I didn't use a strimmer near the trees but I sprayed with round up near them.

michael brenock · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:01 am Post subject:

Do not know what tree you have. it might be atree tnat has been planted or grafted anf the root stock is growing but the budded top is dead or dying
michael brenock horticultural advisor (retired)

John H · Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject:

Hi again I had a closer inspection at that tree and it appears that the dog had a bit of a nibble on the bark. What do I do with the dead part of the tree at the top. Someone told me they had a tree that appeared to be dead ( small branches dry and snapping off easily) and he left it and the following year new buds came on it and it seemed to come back to life Confused

The tree I have is some sort of a maple it has variegated leaves.

If I could get some advise on this I would be grateful

Sive · Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject:

If you want to find out if a twig or branch on a tree or shrub is dead, just scrape away a little of the bark with your nail. If you see green under the bark, the twig is alive.....if you just find brown no matter how much you scrape it, it is dead.

John H · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject:

I gave it a bit of a scrape and I think its curtains for the top of the tree Crying or Very sad

So if someone could tell me the right way and time to cut off the dead part, that would be good

John H · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject:

I'm still not sure what way to cut away the dead part of the tree or is it just a case of cutting it as close to the new growth as possible. Confused

Any advise would be good cheers

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forest flame · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject:

it is possible that the new growth is a sucker or suckers from a grafted tree in which case what is growing is from the original rootstock

John H · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject:

It is a varigated maple of some sort and there appears to be three shoots growing from about a foot up the trunk. One is about two foot and there are two about a foot. Now the total height of alive tree is about three to four foot tall.

It looks like the tree was cut there before. When I bought them a couple of years ago the tree was about six foot tall.

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