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===Pests and diseases===

===Pests and diseases===

The brush-tailed possum strips the adult pohutukawa trees of their leaves and eat their new growth. They will also eat the entire seedling. This means that many of the wild populations of pohutukawa are up to and over 200 years old.

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.

==Varieties==

==Varieties==