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Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

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To tell IF a shrub is dead or not, simply break the dead branch down the branch every 6 inches or so, and look for ANY Green.

If there is ANY Green, life remains, if not, it is toast.

Cut the dead chit off, flood the Chit out of the  ground, and fertilize with miracle grow Miracid Fertilizer, it will grow back. Tell the customer it is better to allow an existing established damaged shrub to re grow, then to plant a new one.

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 Very good advice Chris!

This is one of the main reasons why we spend a lot of time watching the weather. A lite rain shower immediatly after a cleaning can cause big problems.

We have had very high rain chances here in our area for the past week. 50%-70%. We have been moving all of our roof cleaning jobs in order to avoid any issues. Even tomorrows rain chances are 70% and we have already moved them as a precaution and are only schedualing ground work. Looks like we are working saturday now to catch up but it goes with the territory.