area, and it has a hot it has sites that bind other chemicals. what we did. we poured it into the root scene and watered it in, the intention with this was to bind the herbicide until we could get around to removing the soil, the contaminated soil. in terms of removing the soil, i know you built a little bit of a barrier around the tree. you have gone to great lengths to get the contaminated soil from around the trees. they re old trees i, imagine you can t just uproots them. what was the process by which you took the soil away from the trees as best you could, while still trying to keep them standing and safe? it was really a two-step process.
how and when will you know if these trees have survived or if it was too late? well, from the very beginning we knew that this herbicide had a proven track record of killing trees. it s been around since the 70s, it s extremely toxic. it has a half life, meaning it breaks down slowly over a 12 to 15-month period. the activity is only reduced by 50%. it will persist in the soil for five to seven years, we have seen the tree s decline over the summer in the heat and humidity of the south alabama site. and while the trees have declined, they re also putting out a new flush of growth. we re not ready to give up on them yet, but the prognosis is not very good. professor of horticulture at auburn university. men working night and day to keep these trees alive. thanks for your time in helping
break up more of the soil and go deeper into the beds and we also used a similar truck to suck out the slurry of water and soil. this was carried off to an isolated sites. bottom line, what s your prognosis. how and when will you know if these trees have survived or if it was too late? well, from the very beginning we knew that this herbicide had a proven track record of killing trees. it s been around since the 70s, it s extremely toxic. it has a half life, meaning it breaks down slowly over a 12 to 15-month period. the activity is only reduced by 50%. it will persist in the soil for five to seven years, we have seen the tree s decline over the summer in the heat and humidity of the south alabama site.
ross perot responded by handing over a blank check to pay for the cost of nursing the tree back to health. the costs ran into six figures. that tree these days i have to say is not in great shape, but it is still alive and produced its first acorns eight years after it almost got tree murdered and survived thanks in part of ross perot and his act of generosity. now america is dealing with murder. it happened earlier this year at auburn university in alabama where somebody poison two oak trees in auburn. there was not a blank check figure to come to the rescue. this time there s a entire community of people who have joined facebook groups and donated money to pay for an effort to try and save these trees, even entering a lottery to buy seedlings to keep their genetics alive somehow. in january, a man called into a alabama radio station to claim he had done the unthinkable by
community of people who have joined facebook groups and donated money to pay for an effort to try and save these trees, even entering a lottery to buy seedlings to keep their genetics alive somehow. in january, a man called into a alabama radio station to claim he had done the unthinkable by the auburn trees. the weekend after the iron bowl, i went to auburn, alabama, because i live 30 miles away, and i poisoned the two toomer s trees. did they die? did they what? they are not dead yet, but they definitely will die. the reason that man allegedly targeted these 130-year-old live oak trees is they are where auburn football fans celebrate when their team wins. they call it rolling the trees, but now that the trees have been poisoned, the university is collecting rolls of toilet paper