Posted by dawn0798 on November 11, 2011, 6:49 am
please help!!! we have a willow dome at our local school, with needs
some serious TLC i look as if it has died and is very bare, can someone
give any tips on reviving our willow dome please
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dawn0798
Posted by despen on November 11, 2011, 1:13 pm
> please help!!! we have a willow dome at our local school, with needs
> some serious TLC i look as if it has died and is very bare, can someone
> give any tips on reviving our willow dome please
Never heard of one until I did a Google search.
Is this a live dome? If so, I guess we're being trolled.
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Dan Espen
Posted by hubops on November 11, 2011, 2:11 pm
>> please help!!! we have a willow dome at our local school, with needs
>> some serious TLC i look as if it has died and is very bare, can someone
>> give any tips on reviving our willow dome please
>Never heard of one until I did a Google search.
Me neither. here's a link ...
http://www.jprwillow.co.uk/willow-sculpture-domes.htm
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Posted by lannerman on November 11, 2011, 3:44 pm
dawn0798;941543 Wrote:
> please help!!! we have a willow dome at our local school, with needs
> some serious TLC i look as if it has died and is very bare, can someone
> give any tips on reviving our willow dome please
Hi dawn, are you sure it has died and not just lost its leaves due to
the normal leaf fall that happens in autumn ?? Look at the stems and if
they are soft and 'juicy' then all is well. If they are dry and
'brittle' looking then you may be right, but unless it has dried out in
the summer (which I doubt) i think it unlikely that it has died. Could
you take a picture and post it here ?? showing the whole thing and maybe
a closeup of the stems, then we could better tell what you should do.
Please let us know where you live as well!!
Regards, Lannerman.
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lannerman
Posted by Higgs Boson on November 11, 2011, 5:49 pm
wrote:
> dawn0798;941543 Wrote:
> > please help!!! we have a willow dome at our local school, with needs
> > some serious TLC i look as if it has died and is very bare, can someone
> > give any tips on reviving our willow dome please
> Hi dawn, are you sure it has died and not just lost its leaves due to
> the normal leaf fall that happens in autumn ?? Look at the stems and if
> they are soft and 'juicy' then all is well. If they are dry and
> 'brittle' looking then you may be right, but unless it has dried out in
> the summer (which I doubt) i think it unlikely that it has died. Could
> you take a picture and post it here ?? showing the whole thing and maybe
> a closeup of the stems, then we could better tell what you should do.
> Please let us know where you live as well!!
> Regards, Lannerman.
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> lannerman
To see if a plant is alive, scrape your thumbnail along the stem or
branch. If it shows green underneath, the plant is alive.
HB
> some serious TLC i look as if it has died and is very bare, can someone
> give any tips on reviving our willow dome please