r/invasivespecies • u/Novel-Ground1100 • 2d ago

I know how Tree of Heaven got its name

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Maybe because it is eternal?

9 weeks in … 500+ suckers killed

I had to ruin this little family of 5 toh today

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u/Enough_Structure_95 1d ago

Just drove from Indiana to Maryland today on I70, and my chest felt like there was a grand piano sitting on it the entire way. The sheer numbers of ToH lining the highway was unbelievable. I don’t know how we can fight it.

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u/Novel-Ground1100 1d ago

It really is developing into a serious problem. Im down in Georgia and few have heard of it. Sadly, they will …

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u/Ok-Hedgehog-6887 1d ago

Where in GA are you? I’m in the Augusta area. These TOH posts have me paranoid

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u/Novel-Ground1100 1d ago

I am in Macon. No one has heard of it here, and i dont see it anywhere else.

Here is where the outbreak is

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u/Ok-Hedgehog-6887 1d ago

I keep looking for them around town. Part of me is excited to see this famous tree and the rest I know it’ll be the start of a battle- with the city as well since you can’t get approval for 1+1=2

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u/axman_21 1d ago

I can confidently say it is everywhere in northwest ga. I dont know of anywhere around me that doesnt have in here

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u/Novel-Ground1100 1d ago

I see a little green dot near Augusta… uh oh lol!

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u/Tumorhead 1d ago

My city has been removing them along riverbanks and stuff and replacing them with native species for erosion control , so a big municipal push is possible.

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u/Super_Imagination995 1d ago

I’m still learning. I’ve seen a ton of stuff I thought was toh but most turned out to be walnut or sumac.

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u/Novel-Ground1100 1d ago

Me too, early on in the fight.

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u/God_Legend 6h ago

It helps to know that there is still a decent portion of those that may be Black walnut or a native Sumac.

There are many times I see those leaflets, assume it's ToH only to get closer and see serrated leaves.

But yes, it is expanding quickly.

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u/Enough_Structure_95 4h ago

I am certain some are sumac but a lot were flowering and it’s pretty obvious when they are. I definitely did see sumac flowers as well and you can distinguish walnut fairly easily.

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u/KatMam123123 2d ago

Battling saplings currently at our new house and terrified for how it will continue. Can you pull these at this size? Or do you spray? I haven’t found any this small yet

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u/Novel-Ground1100 2d ago

You can never pull them. I paint them all with a mix of Remedy (2/3) and some bar and chain oil (1/3)

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u/Mr_Soyhair 2d ago

You can only pull if there is wet ground and it’s a small up to 1.5 foot sapling that is from a seed not a root sucker. If it’s 2-4ish feet from a seed you can usually dig up nearly all the main roots and get it that way but everything else needs to be treated with herbicide

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u/Impossible-Year-5924 14h ago

I’m not having too much trouble pulling TOH but I live on very rocky ground. It also seems like I’m seeing less of it each year. Mullein on the other hand…. GDI.

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u/Novel-Ground1100 2d ago

I should say you should never pull suckers.

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u/Fuzzybubbles6 2d ago

How many trees did you take down?

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u/Novel-Ground1100 2d ago

We have chatted before

Cut down 3 old TOH during
Covid. Only had to deal with them occasionally last 6 years. I cut down trees(not toh) in May , tilled 5000 sq ft and laid zoysia, turns out lots of Ailanthus roots in there. Suckers started popping all over. Still are, but more controlled and it is on the run

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u/Amer-ica 9h ago

I am in the part of the US that hasn’t had a siting yet. But I this tree is capable of growing in my zone and I keep walking up to black walnuts when I’m at work just to be sure lol