How concentrated was the dose of Spike 80DF administered to the Toomer’s Oaks? So concentrated Auburn University experts won’t even let the tree’s leaves stay on the ground, a precaution made known during Dr. Stephen “the Emotional Agronomist” Enloe’s —we love you, Dr. E— presentation to the Auburn Chamber of Commerce on Monday.
Enloe said the university has been actively removing leaves that have fallen from the trees to their bases. Because the oaks’ fallen leaves contain herbicide, they cannot be allowed to break down around the trees; otherwise, they would simply reintroduce poison to the tree’s root systems.
That was just one depressing tidbit taken from the depressingly-titled lecture: “A Spike in the Heart of Auburn University: The Poisoning of Toomer’s Oaks.”
“Based upon the amount of herbicide that was put out there, how much we were able to remove and the toxicity of this herbicide to this species of oak tree, we’re still not giving them a very good prognosis of survival,” Enloe said. “I’d say there’s still a less than five percent chance that they are going to survive.”
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Wow. Less than 5%. I knew it was bad when they said we could roll them but I guess seeing the number makes it worse. Freaking Harvey.
Amy chance we could get the full transcript from “A Spike in the Heart of Auburn University: The Poisoning of Toomer’s Oaks.” ?
That is really sad….. What a nutjob that would do this. The Paul FreakBomb followers are really crazy…
Mike the Tiger and Ol’ Smokey better watch out when after they play U of A.
Folks, everyone just needs to send up a prayer to St.Jude, the patron of hopeless cases–he will take care of the trees (and Dr. Enloe is part of the miracle as well)!