Larry Davis
New Member
What is the best time of year (if any) to perform light topping and light shaping/trimming of hemlocks? Would I being doing them any harm by doing these tasks in September? All of the trees range in age from 5 to 12 years. Also ...... we planted 2 new hemlocks about a year ago to continue a line of older hemlocks. They seemed to take very well and grew quite a bit in the first 8 to 9 months. Then, about 3 months ago, started dying from the top down. They lost all of their needles and appeared dead in their top half. As of now, the bottom halves are still alive. There is no sign of problems with any of the older, established trees. Any ideas what this may be??? I see no sign of any type of insect.