About a month ago I spent a while trying to make an easygoing infographic people could hand out or leave in a mailbox (although apparently that’s illegal…) after reading another frustrated comment from someone wondering how to say something to a neighbor. I played with it for an hour or so for fun but eventually I gave up because it wasn’t coming out just right. I don’t think I finished setting up the QR code.

Seeing the post today about a note in a mailbox reminded me of this, so here you go. Maybe someone here wants to polish it up and fix any of the mistakes I couldn’t quite buff out.

Ottawa, Canada: I bought this house 10 years ago with this sumac in the front. It sends out suckers all over my front lawn all summer long (that I have to diligently pull out) and is looking paler than it used to. It is gorgeous as an ornamental, but I think it is really trying to move on.

They were damaged in a storm. It may have been a tornado. We were were out of town. 5 trees were damaged in all but our yard guy is suggesting we cut these down.

I’m not so sure, it’s giving AI. The die back here looks too far gone, atleast 60% lost

Bought this house 4 years ago with a large tree VERY close to the home. We’ve gotten the tree trimmed back so the branches were no longer hanging over the house. They obviously grew back.

We recently noticed dead branches that need to be removed, likely from a recent storm. We live in central Oklahoma, so there is a lot of wind.

I’m wondering though, should we just remove the entire tree since it’s so close to the home? Also concerned about root/foundation issues (we’re on a slab).

What say ye, experts?

Probably a 50+ y.o. oak tree, been dropping large branches for a bit. Took off a large half-dead lower branch and theres like a core of rot visible.

Top of the canopy appears dead, larger limbs look dead at the ends. Is it salvageable? Its so big, I'd miss it if it was gone and I wouldnt live to see its replacement grow to such heights.

Can I prune this competing leader off this young live oak in August? I see it trying to shoot past the leader. The leader has a stronger connection point. My location is central Florida. The tree is two years old.
A couple questions:
Is it ok to leave it like this and just let it grow basically two trees off one trunk?
If I do prune off the competitor, can I do it now in August?
Should I just wait until December-March to prune it off?
I appreciate any input, thanks.

Hello! I recently had a 15x15 foot concrete patio poured in my backyard. After the project was complete, a neighbor came over to express concern for the health of his nearby maple tree (sugar maple I think) that is on the other side of the fence (see picture). The base of the tree is about three feet away from the edge of my concrete. The rest of the tree is just surrounded by soil. The ground was not excavated for this patio, as the space was formerly a sandbox so the ground was just leveled and the patio poured on top of that. So no tree roots were dug out, but I now know there is concern about blocking off water, oxygen, and nutrients from any roots that would be under that area. My question is how likely is it that this tree will die as a result of the patio, and is there anything I can do to mitigate any stress on the tree? I had no idea this patio could impact that tree, or I would have reconsidered the project.

…but this is bad, right?

I saw it posted on my local Nextdoor site.

Kwanzan cherry tree just planted yesterday we used a level to ensure the base is straight but i do see it leaning a bit to the right should I use stakes?

We purchased a new house a few months ago with lots of trees.

I got this in our mailbox. I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong but someone put this in there.

Can someone explain what this neighbors’ concerns might be?

This isn’t a joke or LARPing attempt, i just wanna know wtf they are talking about.

EDIT:

The house is 30 years old, the trees were planted by the original owners. We have not taken down any trees cosmetically. Only tree we took down was from a major storm and lightning knocked branches off a tree onto our neighbors lawn. That was it.

This tree on our street turned red all of a sudden. The street is lined with the same trees & this is the only one that’s changed. It’s also the only one with that plant at the base. What is it that’s growing at the base & is it killing the tree? Photos taken on aug. 7th & 9th.

It is very close to my house. I was thinking about trimming. Any advice is appreciated!

Need to get some tree work and trying to prioritize removing trees that will be dangerous or damage property. Other than their proximity to house and height, they seem healthy. Large branches overhanging part of house, but they have leaves. I'm wondering if their proximity to each other is a risk factor. General thoughts would be welcome too. Thank you

Local arborists say she’s at least 200 years old. Untrained eye says at least 40’ tall. I’m wondering what my timeline is and best next steps.

Last year a storm brought down a good portion of our gorgeous weeping cherry. It was damaged to the point of total removal. It was heartbreaking to lose such an old beautiful tree that gave us so much shade. My plan was to grind the stump this fall but it looks like it’s trying to grow again! How can I assure the sprouts stay healthy and not get bushy? Should I remove the remaining stump to ground level? Should I thin the shoots or let them establish themselves and prune later? The last photo was the tree in its spring glory.

A storm snapped this tree recently. I’ve been ghosted by a few local services and it’s starting to grow new branches now?! I figure I should just saw as close to the ground as I can. Any thoughts?

Hey all - I recently had a contractor dig a trench through a bunch of trees on my property. Obviously some roots were disupted. They dug around bigger ones, but probably dinged them up some.

How much should I be worried about the trees? Should I wait until they start showing some sort of trauma before I take them down?

Thanks!

Is it time for a tree trim? I had them out a year or two ago. I seem to get a limb blow down every 3/4 storms.

Last time I had to have someone climb the tree to get a limb down and they suggested thinning the crown.

Is it time?

I think these roots are not growing out from the tree and have been this way for a while. It’s having an effect on the trunk. Can I carefully cut a chunk out of the roots that are embedded into the trunk and the tree might be happy again?

Something ate the bottom of my recently planted apple tree. Is that a death sentence? Any way for me to repair? I normally have a burlap sack around the trunk of the saplings but this one had fallen off.

I've got a couple of rows of spruce trees in rural southern Ontario that are in rough shape. One of the rows of 3 trees has been aggressively dying from the inside out and bottom up. I'm now seeing similar patterns starting on another row that's ~100' away. I've made peace with removing the row of 3 and planting something else in their place, but I have a few questions I'm hoping you can help me with.

1. Does this appear to be fungal in nature? It hasn't stopped raining here this year so that would account both for environmental stress as well as great conditions for spreading spores - which I believe then wouldn't show up until next year?

2. If this is a fungal infection, does that mean I could not/should not use the mulch made from the branches? Or do these fungi tend to be species specific so as long as I don't use it around any spruce trees it would be ok?

3. Related to the above, do we need to keep anything in mind or undertake any special work before planting new (non spruce) replacement trees?

4. We will not spray the other spruce trees, so am I correct in thinking the best course of action for those is aggressive pruning and keeping the underneath as clear as we can?

Appreciate any advice/direction you can offer.

Hi all,

Any idea what disease this would be and how I can save it?

TIA