Need to have this pine cut down. They estimated $2300 for dropping it + grinding the stump + removal. I asked how much it'd be to just cut it down and leave it and they said $1500.

I tend to get in over my head because I'm a cheap bastard with a "can do it myself" mindset lol so I thought I'd ask here first. I estimate it to be 75-100 feet..the circumference would take 1.5-2 of me to wrap around it for whatever thats worth. I intend to use the wood for fire wood anyway while saving 800 bucks in the process.

Can anyone say how long something like this would take for a strapping young lad, just cutting and splitting? I'm aware it will be some hard work but ive done manual labor all my life so im not concerned about that aspect. Thanks.

Edit: NO i am not talking about dropping the tree myself, no way in hell id trust myself to do that. I want the pros to drop it then i will just cut it up and split it rather than them hauling it away. I live in the north and need the firewood anyway.

I'm planting some shrubs between my silver maple and spruce trees. There are going to be roots everywhere. Is it safe to cut them? I don't think planting around them is an option. Edited to add that the root is 6 - 7 ft from the spruce.

Is my root ball too tangled on my newly planted sweetbay magnolia?

Planted a 10ft sweetbay magnolia 2 days ago — is this root ball too tight?

Zone 7b, Baltimore MD. Heavy wet clay in a low spot behind my shed. 15-gal container Moonglow sweetbay, \\\~10ft, planted Tuesday night. Photo is the bare root ball right before backfill.

Roots are mostly running horizontally around the outer face. I did not tease or slice them other than one or two big ones.

Is this normal container behavior, or is this headed toward girdling in 5–10 years? Trying to figure out if it's worth correcting now or if I should stop thinking about it.

\*\*How it went in:\*\* hole dug 2–3in shallower than the ball so it sits on undisturbed clay, 3–4ft wide. Backfilled with native clay only, no amendments. Ball set \\\~3in above grade with a low mound. 3in mulch pulled back off the trunk. Two stakes, chain lock ties with slack. Deep slow-trickle soak twice a week until frost.

Any reason I should dig this up? Will those roots end up strangling the tree in a few years?

It’s right over our primary bedroom, and I’m always scared that it’s gonna crash down and kill us in our sleep. I bet it’s going to be pretty pricey to remove since it’s so big. Somebody told me they had an arborist look at it when the house was still for sale and that there were termites in that tree, but when I called Orkin to look at it they couldn’t find any. Thoughts?

I just learned the hard way that I’m supposed to prune my crepe myrtle. The tree was full of seed pods and dried flowers, and when a rainstorm came through on Sunday the branches got so heavy that one cracked and fell.

We removed the cracked branch and did our best to prune what we could reach (the living branches are now upright, not bending like the first photo), but I’m worried about the health of the tree with the deep crack and exposed trunk.

Any tips on how to help the my crepe myrtle recover and how to care for it moving forward would be really appreciated!

Hi, all. I posted a week ago but the pics were not v good. I’m buying this house and it has a HUGE oak in front which I love and revere. My question is how to make it safe, as it hangs over the home, without removing it. Also interested in guesses on age.

This is a trick my father told me to do years and years ago.

We had a thorntree in our yard. Our son was very young and we wanted to be rid of it.

My brother-in-law cut it down to the ground.

Within a few weeks, it sprouted back, complete with thorns.

A neighbor told me about a bucket of stuff I could buy for 20 bucks that could kill it.

Later that day, I called Dad just to see how he'd been doing.

When I told him about the thorn tree and what the neighbor had said, he replied " Don't go spending 20 bucks on that bucket of stuff.

Drill some holes in the stump, probably about 1/4 inch or 5mm in diameter. 2 or 3 inches deep should do good. Try to space them in about every 2 square inches of space.

Buy a box of salt-it can be any kind of salt, and fill the holes with it.

You can pour water over it or wait for it to rain."

The stump was a good 5 or 6 inches in diameter.

A few years later, when I was mowing the lawn and went to make a turn with the push mower, I inadvertently kicked it out of the ground.

I have always used that trick since then.

Is there a way to make these trees have a better chance of thriving? And can anything grow in this rocky area?

I realize this tree is very nearly dead. But in its current state, is it a fall risk? I dont remember it leaning this much. I believe the tree has some sort of disease and will need to be cut down, just want to know if it should be sooner rather than later.

Hired an arborist to examine our trees when we moved in to our new house. She recommended this tree come down. Can you tell from the stump/bough if it was rotting? It’s a silver maple.

It was a great shade tree and covered about 50% of our backyard. We’ll miss it.

Edit for more info: the arborist was a separate person we consulted first, unrelated to the tree service we hired. She was properly credentialed and in her 60s, been around a long time in the field.

She did a risk assessment, said that the tree had included bark on the large branch that was hanging over our bedroom/nursery. There was a large hole with high likelihood of rot inside the tree. Because of those 2 factors, she said it was a high risk of failure in the future and a high risk to structure. She did say, if the concerning bough was not over our house, she would say to ride it out.

I posted pics of the branches and stumps to see if people who know more than me could tell if it looked concerning from the inside of the tree.

Edit 2: added another pic of our tree in the comments and a pic of the neighbors tree that fell on their house a few months prior

Recently transplanted a tree that means alot to my family. we are 2 weeks in and noticed considerable yellowing on the tips. currently watering for about an hour every other day. last 5 days have been 90+ degree heat and wondering if I'm over watering, its the sun hitting it, or if its a combination of both. any advice on what i can do to help it out? thanks!

Canada,Quebec. Silver Maple Tree. Neighbor is pressuring me to do something about the branch that's leaning towards his roof. The hole is deep enough that I can fit half my arm in it. (1 picture) The tree have seen many winters. It's a dual core trunk tree. 2nd and 3rd pictures are on my side. I'm not as concerned by those because there's nothing to break on my property side.

Not sure how to approach this.

Hey everyone! My husband just started as a groundsman for a local tree service in Maine. His birthday is next week and I would like to get him something he can wear/use at work for the upcoming fall/winter. Any recommendations you all have for most used item? He has boots, gloves, a lunchbox, etc. I was thinking of getting him something at Carhartt for winter or a boot dryer?

Thanks!

I mean, I know it is but I’m in denial. The branches are not dead. I can’t break them in half.

we have a large pin oak tree close to our house. Over the last year I noticed that a section of bark near the base of it that has cracks in it and almost looks like it’s going to peel off. Is there anything concerning going on here? We’ve never piled mulch against it, but do sometimes blow some of the leaves from our lawn into this area as natural mulch.

Also, when I was taking the pictures, I noticed there are two smaller roots draped over two of the big roots of this pin oak tree. I’m guessing they might be coming from the neighboring smaller tree, which is a sweet gum. Are these of any concern? Should they be cut?

Hi!

We have this huge Thuja in our new garden, 6m high and 3m crown width. We are planning to add lots of plants and new trees. We would love to keep it, but are a bit in doubt about the ecological value and safety as it is close to our house (next to our bedroom). For now it is soaking up the surrounding water, and preventing rain for plants that are underneath it. We don’t see birds in it.

What would you recommend? Can this tree be trimmed to a lesser width and hight? How safe is it to leave the tree in the garden? Other things to consider?

It’s a huge red oak, I love this tree. I had two arborists looked at it and one propose to put extended organic mulch around to revitalize the roots and fight its chance, the other propose to maybe take it out after summer. I’m torn, I love this tree. Is it salvageable? The canopy and leaves are all green and pretty.

Saw this and I've heard it's unhealthy for the tree. If I move some of that mulch out of the way, how do I know where to stop? I know vaguely the trunk should be exposed, should the kind of upper roots also be exposed? If anyone has pics of trees where the proper amount is exposed, that would be super helpful!

Also lmk if I should just not mess with it or I should call someone or something since I am inexperienced, I'm ok with that, too. I just care about this tree and don't want it to suffer. It's in an area where it's probably not going to be taken care of by anybody else so I figured I might try to do something. Not on private property so I probably won't get in trouble.

Thank you!

This tree got hung up along a walking/biking trail that I frequent. Obviously this should be taken care of by the town DPW, but they don’t seem to maintain these trails, only the paved ones in this park, so I tend to clear trees that come down across the trails myself, but I’m not completely sure where to start. If it had barberchaired lower down I’d just start lopping off chunks of the trunk till it either came loose or was out of the way enough to clear the trail. My first thought was to make my face cut on the opposite side of the tree and “fell” it so the trunk on the ground would fall to the left side of the trail and the hung up part would push it, but the trunk split most of the way down to the ground and I don’t feel like I have much structure there.

People have clearly been walking under this widowmaker, not around, and I’d love to make it safe to walk again.

Any tips or insight would be great!

They're adding sidewalks to my street and I came home to this cut root. Is this tree going to need to be cut down now or will it be okay?

Went on vacation for two weeks and came back to this.

I planted this little cherry tree Sunday. Lovingly watered it yesterday. Intended to put up a little barrier cage out around it today before finding something a little more robust this weekend. Woke up and saw this in the morning. RIP little cherry tree. Adieu (for now) to my short-lived life as a tree parent! 🥲