Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What To Do With Frost Damage, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
I agree Tonny, if the bark is mush no sense in letting it ferment and rot slowy and harbor all sorts of nasty fungus.

The other say I was so sad, I had to cut down my beloved Ruthie. It was a beautiful standard form. Just huge and so perfectly proportioned. I got so much joy out of it. But everyday more of the trunk turned to mush. So I finally cut it down. I am hoping it will sucker now but it never did before disaster struck so I am thinking there were no nodes planted under the ground.