I used the sick tree treatment on my injured redbud several years ago and it came back like gangbusters, but there still seems to be damage it hasn't completely healed. I have been working around that tree this week and it isn't doing well. I'll try a surgical approach to remove the damaged part and see if the rest can fill in. That was the case with a tree at my last house, it came back full strength. Meanwhile, I'm putting down a no-till ground cover (scalped the turf with the weedeater, wetted it, put down layers of newspaper and mulch on top). If the tree goes, I'll use this area to plant other things. I'd still like a small tree here, but I know my neighbors are concerned that it might be close to their sewer line. Trees only bother sewer lines if they're already broken, and I think theirs is fine, but if I put in a new tree I'll move it over a couple of more feet.

SRS