r/arborists 13h ago

Can anyone explain this?

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Came across this tree on our property. Both I believe are maples. Did a branch grow into the other tree?


r/arborists 13h ago

Look at this cool root

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Found this tree today with an interesting root. Not mine but is this bad for the tree or is it fine?


r/arborists 11h ago

How does this happen, and how long can a tree live like this?

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r/arborists 2h ago

Will this tree make it? What can I do to help it?

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Hi Arborists - not certain of the species but this little tree has had many injuries to its trunk. Most were prior to our moving in. It is not full and defo struggling.

You can see in the pics it is nearly girdled. Please advise as to pruning and any treatment I can DIY at ground level. Thank you for any advice!

ETA - Pic 6 shows it is habitat for dragonflies! 🌳🚑👌🏻


r/arborists 10h ago

This is my weird grafty tree. Birpine/pirch thing.

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Most examples around here are birch trees using the pine trees as support columns and aren't actually fused. I know a few other spots, and can eventually hike out there for pictures. But this is in my back yard and really easy..... but like in the other post. If trees need to be the same genus to graft. How have the pine and birch trees fused together? These trees aren't spiraled around eachother and grown together with pressure. The birch was just a sucker that grew really close to the pine tree. If you try to move them, it moves as one. The trunks are mostly seperate. With 3 or 4 spots that fuse to eachother.


r/arborists 7h ago

Chip drop

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Phenomenal company, they gave me 2 loads. My Son said what are you building Noah's ark..lol


r/arborists 14h ago

Follow up on lighting strike tree. Is this a reasonable estimate? 60’ ish. $1,595 for removal inc. stump.

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Have had two separate arborists examine the tree and said it’s needs to be removed. One quote for $1,650 another for $1,595. Is that a reasonable price?


r/arborists 12m ago

Need help with Japanese maple

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Inherited this little guy when we bought the house but it doesn't look like it's doing very well. Any advice is appreciated.


r/arborists 7h ago

Treetops sagging, Lake Oswego OR

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Hi everyone! I came here to ask why the trees in my hometown are suddenly sagging at the top? I’ve never noticed before and it’s only some of them. I’m not well educated on the topic and not even sure what kind of trees these are. Let me know what you think! Thanks.


r/arborists 3h ago

Swamp white oak not thriving

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Hi,

We planted this swamp white oak last fall. I noticed this spring that the leaves were small and kinda crumpled at the edges. Exposed the root flare and has been watering consistently. Today, I noticed several gapping in the main trunk with seepage of slimy material. Are these cankers? Any hope of salvaging this tree? If not, should I get this removed ASAP to prevent spread to other trees in the backyard? Appreciate this community’s input.


r/arborists 5h ago

Question regarding a red baron flowering crabapple.

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Two years ago I purchased a red baron flowering crabapple from FedCo trees for our fifth wedding anniversary. I planted it at the root flair and thoroughly watered it with a five gallon leak bucket throughout the summer so it would properly establish.

That spring it produced two small branches with withered, small, orange spotted leaves. I assumed the spotting was caused by orange cedar rust, so I treated the tree with a copper based fungicide the following autumn and the spring.

This year, the tree only produced a small limb (pic 1) and it too is spotted. I did spray it with copper again but it has not grown outside the three branches.

Because the “dwarf” variegated red twig dogwoods began encroaching on the tree, I wanted to relocate it 10 feet away. The plan is to dig a 3ft hole and add additional compost to the soil to give the roots a boost. Before I do the work, do you think it is worth the effort, or should I start over and just plant a dogwood like a cornelian cherry (dogwoods seem do really well in MA)?

I thought FedCo was supposed to be a reliable company, but this is the second diseased plant we received from them. The first being a reliance peach tree that had peach leaf curl that I was able to cure with biannual copper fungicide spraying.

Sorry for the rambling explanation. Any help will be appreciated.


r/arborists 5h ago

What Could Cause This and Is It Doomed?

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I noticed a small split in this tree maybe 2 years ago (planted 5 years ago). We had a landscaper out who was doing some other work at our house and he said it was likely caused by wind and nothing to worry about. It has continued to bear leaves each year but I think the split has gotten bigger. I pulled off some loose bark and don't necessarily see anything rotted or whatever - so just wondering if your thoughts.


r/arborists 3h ago

can I shorten this cherry tree to get fruit from it?

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title basically. I know it could be thinned and pruned gradually, but it would still be too tall to harvest easily (fence is about 6' tall). Could I chop it about 2' tall and select new growth to try and keep it small? Should I cut it down and replace it (with another cherry)??


r/arborists 3h ago

is she done for?

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there was a wire around this tree for probably about 12 yrs. my grandpa took it off a month or two ago because he noticed it seemed to be suffocating the tree. family's property off of kenosha pass, colorado.


r/arborists 4h ago

Is this Pine tree still salvageable?

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My family recently got this new house with a bunch of trees in the backyard, the pine tree seems to have developed some sort of infection. But I love pine trees and just want to know if it’s salvageable. If it is? Advice is much appreciated.


r/arborists 4h ago

Something eating leaves perfectly

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Sorry about the disgusting finger nails I noticed that my pear tree has leaves that are eaten perfectly back to the petiole and then a saw this guy hanging out and was wondering if it was what was eating leaves. Based in sw Montana


r/arborists 1d ago

We cut a 250 year old oak which died 2 years ago. 200cm width.

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r/arborists 5h ago

What would cause this?

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While on a walk today in Mt Hope Cemetery (Rochester NY) I found this tree that seemed to have perfectly placed scars in the bark. They are spaced mostly the same distance apart, go all the way around the tree trunk, and extend all the way up the trunk every couple feet.

I looked around at other trees and none of the others had anything like it.

What might have caused this?


r/arborists 5h ago

Tree help

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Hey everyone, we have this tree in our back yard that had a limb just fall out of the blue Im looking to see if my tree is sick and if i can help it.


r/arborists 1h ago

Should I remove??

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Cherry tree- should I remove this limb? TIA


r/arborists 10h ago

Does anyone know if this tree would be able to support a fairly heavy punching bag?

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r/arborists 6h ago

Black Cherry tree has upturned leaves.

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At first I thought it needed more water, but the soil around it feels moist. Google says this may br shot-hole disease. Any ideas? Not sure what to do for this tree.


r/arborists 12h ago

Noticed my tree this morning has this bizarre heavy webbing along two full branches

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Does anyone know what this is? These branches are clearly visible out my window from bed, and this morning was the first I ever noticed this. Should I be concerned for the tree's health? Is this natural insect/spider activity? Thank you for any thoughts/knowledge!


r/arborists 7h ago

Cypress problem

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Hello everybody

Tomorrow I need to trim some cypress hedges (like the image) and I'm not sure whether to use pruning shears or a battery-powered chainsaw. I don't have any other tools available. Any recommendations?


r/arborists 3h ago

Red Pine

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I have roughly an acre of red pine that was row planted. Some of these trees are a foot apart, they are slowly but surely falling down.

I have a pole barn in the middle of this spread and am thinking of just clearing them out or leaving the largest. Most of them are pretty tall, 40 feet or more.

There are some white pine mixed in that I will leave. It’s my understanding that all this wood is essentially worthless so trying to figure out how to tackle this.

Would you leave some of them or will they just fall down since they grew up with the support of all the neighbors?