MTD
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One year ago (May, 2004) a landscaper planted five Hinoki Cypresses in my yard. Four of the five had extensive needle shed on the inner limbs last Fall. Two of them were planted against a newly built wood fence (pressure-treated wood). Those two not only are bare on the inner branches, but the sides of the trees against the wood fence are totally bare in the lower half of the trees and the branches are dry (appearing dead). Was this condition caused by the wood fence (perhaps from the chemicals such as arsenic)? Or, is it possible that they didn't receive enough water? I also have four emerald green arborvitae planted against the same fence, and all four of the arborvitae are healthy from top to bottom and on all sides. Thanks. Matthew in Washington, D.C.