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There are those people who should know better, who say that holes drilled in limbs and trunks of trees are just cosmetic and don't hurt the trees. They also say that nothing can be done to stop the damage. That's incorrect on three levels. The drilling of holes and the resulting “bleeding” indeed does hurt and severe cases can kill trees. Secondly, the work of these woodpeckers indicates serious stress in the trees. And it is curable and preventable. Click below for more details and the solutions.
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Woodpeckers Drilling Holes in Trees Newsletter
WOODPECKERS DRILLING HOLES IN TREES
(Hurts trees but there's a cure)
There are those people who should know better, who say that holes drilled in limbs and trunks of trees are just cosmetic and don't hurt the trees. They also say that nothing can be done to stop the damage. That's incorrect on three levels. The drilling of holes and the resulting “bleeding” indeed does hurt and severe cases can kill trees. Secondly, the work of these woodpeckers indicates serious stress in the trees. And it is curable and preventable. Click below for more details and the solutions.
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To discuss this newsletter or any other topic, tune in each Sunday 8am - 11am central time to the Dirt Doctor Radio Show. The call-in phone number is 1-866-444-3478. Listen on the internet or click here to find a station in your area.
Please share this newsletter with everyone in your address book and all your friends on Facebook and Twitter to help me spread the word on the proper way to select, plant and maintain plants.
Naturally yours,
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