Dutch treat 1,000 year old tree


	Dutch treat 1,000 year old tree

valann 47

5-23-2008 2:10 AM

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tree, arboriculturists, kent uk, holland

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The tree, which has a 54ft girth and is over 100ft tall, is suffering from a lack of oxygen to its root system and is having remedial treatment.
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The tree, in a Penshurst wood, is said to be in a "critical" condition and could die within five years.
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But it is hoped treatment will help it to live another 200 to 300 years</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7415682.stm"><P>
"We say it is not a tree, it is a system," said arboriculturist team leader Jeroen Heindyx.
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"When a system is blocked because there is no air coming down then the whole thing dies - just like we would die when our oxygen system is blocked."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7415682.stm">
In the longer term, a platform will be built round the tree to stop visitors damaging its roots and allow more oxygen to reach them.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7415682.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/43E8A498-17FA-431D-9DAE-6799CDA07502" alt="The sweet chestnut tree" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/39C656AB-5A17-4A14-B3AE-18BF23CA8DE0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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