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The brush-tailed possum strips the adult pohutukawa trees of their leaves and eat their new growth. They will also eat the entire seedling. The treatment for this is sheet steel wrapped around the trunk to make it so possums can't climb the tree due to the fact they can't get a grip. Chicken wire netting can prevent seedlings from being eaten.

The brush-tailed possum strips the adult pohutukawa trees of their leaves and eat their new growth. They will also eat the entire seedling. The treatment for this is sheet steel wrapped around the trunk to make it so possums can't climb the tree due to the fact they can't get a grip. Chicken wire netting can prevent seedlings from being eaten.

[[Psyllid]] can cause the young leaves of a tree to be pitted, distorted or crinkled. [[Orthene]] (NZ) or [[Shield]] (NZ) or a similar insecticide can be used to treat this problem.

[[Psyllid]] can cause the young leaves of a tree to be pitted, distorted or crinkled. [[Orthene]] (NZ) or [[Shield]] (NZ) or a similar insecticide can be used to treat this problem.<ref>Yate's 'Garden Problem Solver', HarperCollins, New Zealand, 2001</ref>

==Cultivars==

==Cultivars==