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Garden Detective: Why a removed tree returns
Photo credit: Newsday/Ken Sawchuk | Gail Manley stands in the cluster of Sassafras trees that have invaded her backyard in Melville. (Newsday/ Ken Sawchuk)
As the "Garden Detective," we are hoping you could solve what, to us, is an unusual occurrence happening in our garden. A few years ago we had to remove our one sassafras tree due to a hollowing-out by carpenter ants. Since that time it has become something to behold. If you were to draw a circle of approximately 100 feet from where the tree had been, you would see about 30 sassafras trees growing...
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