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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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">
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