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Apr 18, 2008 @ 00:49:13

littlebear

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We planted two 7'cedar trees last spring or summer can't remember and they very healthy and green and soooo nice, now it's spring and I think they're both dead, they're brown, what did I do or what didn't I do right??

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 00:58:05

mousebox

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Cedar trees need a lot of humus (peat moss) around there roots, they also need
a lot of watering to start them out. If you had a dry summer and a cold winter
the Cedars needed that extra help to survive. The are really swamp like trees
and like to be moist!

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 00:59:22

vekta

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How much research did you do before you planted them?

"My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it."

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 01:00:23

littlebear

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mousebox said:
Cedar trees need a lot of humus (peat moss) around there roots, they also need
a lot of watering to start them out. If you had a dry summer and a cold winter
the Cedars needed that extra help to survive. The are really swamp like trees
and like to be moist!

I did all that, but it's like the winter killed them, are they dead cause I can't water them now it's freeze, help anyway to save them??

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 01:01:29

littlebear

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vekta said:
How much research did you do before you planted them?

Not much except how to plant them and how much sun they needed and the watering etc.. but I didn't cover them for the winter is that what I did wrong?

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 01:16:48

mousebox

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Pray to the Godess Cedarize, light incense, strike a bell 7 times in their
presence. If that doesn't work, rip 'em out and start over with another kind of
tree!

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 01:19:15

littlebear

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mousebox said:
Pray to the Godess Cedarize, light incense, strike a bell 7 times in their
presence. If that doesn't work, rip 'em out and start over with another kind of
tree!

They're dead aren't they, maybe it's the type of soil we have???

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 12:09:18

odie

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littlebear said:
We planted two 7'cedar trees last spring or summer can't remember and they very healthy and green and soooo nice, now it's spring and I think they're both dead, they're brown, what did I do or what didn't I do right??

last summer was brutally hot, did you water every day for the first month to get them established?

Maybe they should have been covered their first winter?

Here, all bushes & trees have a one year guarantee, did you keep the bill......if so, take them back.

I would also call your nursery and maybe they can give you some help?

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 12:28:34

saegespaene

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How far in the woods do you live, littlebear? If you planted cedars, and that was the only (green) vegetation that was visible for miles, I'll bet that you had deer or some other animals nibbling on them.

That must be some country -- Canada -- where Mother Nature will grant you a 'one year guarantee' on bushes and trees!

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Apr 18, 2008 @ 18:14:09

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odie

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saegespaene said:
How far in the woods do you live, littlebear? If you planted cedars, and that was the only (green) vegetation that was visible for miles, I'll bet that you had deer or some other animals nibbling on them.

That must be some country -- Canada -- where Mother Nature will grant you a 'one year guarantee' on bushes and trees!

only in Canada!

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Apr 21, 2008 @ 02:38:03

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odie

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bump for lilbear.

got a face job done, like it?

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Apr 21, 2008 @ 02:53:53

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odie said:
bump for lilbear.

Thanks we still have the bill, and we don't live in the country, I did water them constantly during the summer, but didn't cover them in the winter and it was brutally cold so hubby said that he's seriously thinking of bringing them back, we bought them at Wal-Mart so I think that's what we'll do thanks a bunch odie, glad to have an avid gardener around.

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Apr 21, 2008 @ 12:28:10

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odie

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lilbear said:
Thanks we still have the bill, and we don't live in the country, I did water them constantly during the summer, but didn't cover them in the winter and it was brutally cold so hubby said that he's seriously thinking of bringing them back, we bought them at Wal-Mart so I think that's what we'll do thanks a bunch odie, glad to have an avid gardener around.

alright! You do have the bill! Good going Western gardener!

I to have learnt by mistakes, I now always save that bill!

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Edited: April 21, 2008 @ 12:46

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