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Posted by Bob Hobden on April 3, 2006, 6:57 pm
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"WAYNEL" wrote
> I have (or had) five pine trees (and another 20 as a fence). Two years
> ago one of the pine tree's leaves started to go brown and then 6months
> later was completly dead (it was around apx 10-12 years old), I then
> chopped it down. Then last year the one next to it did the same thing
> and yet again it is dead. I have two others next to it but, touch wood
> (forgive the pun), they are OK.
> An additional fact is that squirals have nexted in them, but squirrals
> have been around for years as I live backed on to a park.
>
> The tree up to and at the point of dying look ok. Bark was find not
> signs of mold/fungus. However, after one did hugh amounts of scary
> looking mushrooms grew.
>
> Can anyone suggest what may be causing this?
>
Sounds like Honey Fungus
http://www.organicgardening.org.uk/factsheets/dc19.php
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Regards
Bob
"Never get so busy making a living
that you forget to make a life"
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