Ivy
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Ivy
- From: M* C* &* S* S*
- Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 05:33:33 -0500
At 12:29 AM 3/5/00 -0500, you wrote:
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>Well, Sheila, I think, with all due respect to your 'tree people',
>what you've been told is hogwash
Well, one of them is Dan Nelson. Dan, care to clarify?
> A tree's roots extend quite some
>distance from the canopy, perhaps twice the diameter or more. If the
>tree is dying, it is from some other cause, not the ivy growing on it
>or around it.
I guess I didn't describe the situation accurately. The ivy is growing
over an enormous area over the ground, not merely up the tree.
>Ivy can be eradicated with a certain
>amount of dedication...
It's the dedication that I just don't have! Ha-ha-ha
I am aware that trees don't live forever, that many species grow in the
woods, and that many ills can beset a living organism. I was only passing
along what I was given as a possible scenario, so readers can judge from
more than one opinion...we join these lists for just that reason. If I
have caused some offense or people have found me annoyingly stupid, SORRY.
Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
