A delivery truck just annihilated our incredible Japanese maple, I’m on the verge of tears. It was just starting to get its fall colors too. Yes, I got insurance info and I’ve left messages with consulting arborists.

I had two really old live oaks. One fell over in the next yard and this large one had many willow markers and had many cracks starting with all the upper weight falling down each off shot from the trunk was able 7000 pounds and the main trunk was close to 29000 pounds they had to pull out a 6 foot chainsaw and im glad they had alright equipment and a crain. There was even sparks from the saw as how hard the wood was and we found white fungus at the cut area thus it was starting to root out from the bottom yet I asked to have a table hight left over so the towns historical ppl could do some reporting of the growth and who knows there might even be shots trying to grow from the base. There was many old trees lost in Bagdad FL. After the cat 3 hurricane it just looked like a tornado came through. The large oak in the park looked like it exploded and splinter. I wounder how much weight that one was

Trying to get gas to the house from the street, and the guy says too many rocks to mole through so they would need to trench 2'. They want to go right between the biggest ones which seems like a terrible idea for the trees.

The red line is where I'm thinking would be best. The thin tree in the foreground right next to the red line is already nearly dead so it's fine to go, and the short one past that is also not in great shape so I'm fine with it if it doesn't survive. But that still passes within 5' of another tree and within 10' of those two bigger ones.

How much of a gamble am I in for?

For the longest time I thought this tree was a sugar maple. After some research it appears to actually be a Norway maple. We live in an urban neighborhood of Missouri, and only have room for two trees on our lot. We thought we had a tree that supported local wildlife and insects, and then to learn the Norway maple is actually invasive was a bummer. I'm not going to cut it down and replace it just because it still provides excellent shade in the summer, but I'm not going to lie I'm going to look at differently now that i know its technically invasive.

Looks like a fungus but not entirely sure. Thanks!

Central Iowa - Flamethrower Redbud

We planted this redbud about 18 months ago.
It’s growing nicely but I have a concern about the leggy, floppy leader at its top.

The leader is rather long and curves downward

Should I leave it? Splint it? Prune it?

I don’t plan to do anything till the leaves fall but need help about how to best handle it.

I didnt put guards on secure enough and I assume a buck knocked them off and did this. What should I do to help heal the tree? Tree is about 3 years old, I planted it 2 years ago

TLDR: Is there a way to make this better? What can I say to the landlord?

Background info. We own a house in another state, had tree work shortly before we moved by certified arborist. Trees looked great post trim.

Moved here this spring for a job. Rented this house at an exorbitant rate. Loved the back yard, tree in picture was heavily overhanging the roof to house and garage, provided a lot of shade, but wasn’t great for structures. Obviously the trees are old and were pollarded for years, but when original owner died (or perhaps sometime before) this had stopped. I don’t think they’ve trees were trimmed for the three years landlord owned the house. I mentioned to the landlord that he should look into getting the trees properly trimmed when the time was right.

I came home from a camping trip with my toddler to this, and a tree in front that looks equally as bad. It is bad? Right? I mean I don’t like the way the garden goes the shrubs and bushes either just trimming never pruning so you get dense dead leafless areas.

I know at its core this is not my circus, but my back room is now several degrees hotter, my patio lost its shade. And the trees which brought me such joy look like shit.

Help?!

I have two huge enormous locust trees on my property. There are several others on the neighbors property he thinks he is taking down himself easy peasy. I know these trees sucker like effing crazy. I plan to cut and treat as the hundreds of suckers inevitably work their way over to my property.

I would love to save and have mine taken down and treated properly so I could replace them with native trees. However I just don’t know if that’s ever going to be viable for me- financially. But also patience wise, I love the shade and birds these trees provide me with- something that would make me extremely sad would be all the birds leaving for years while something else established. I would like a tree that is fast growing or already pretty big to replace them quickly- and with their roots goddamn everywhere I would probably need help installing the replacements too.

We are currently removing and treating buckthorn ~everywhere~ by ourselves and this feels like enough to keep me at it for the next few years- plus if my neighbor just takes down his locusts and I get to treat all the suckers that come over from that. On top of the buckthorn I’m going to be dealing with for the next two years. I live in a very suburban yard in northern NH. My dream would be a sugar maple in my backyard but it’s not viable with the current locust trees- and I’m not sure it’s viable even without them.

Is it even worth it to dream about this? Or should I just let sleeping dogs lie and assume that if I have enough money to do this- I have enough money to move? What does a plan for this look like timing wise? What would be space requirements to install a sugar maple?

Thanks for any thoughts!

ELI5 - I'm in eastern upstate New York, about 10 miles southeast of the Adirondacks

Not sure what to do as I've never taken care of a tree. But I like a project so I'm going to try

Tree is about 55' tall and the trunk is 6.5' in circumference, just above the dirt

I cut off some of the lower branches that only had pine needles on the very end of the branch. Was that bad? Or can I cut off the rest that are like that? I just assumed the tree was dying of old age so may as well, now I'm not so sure

Soil is sandy up here, maybe you'd call it loamy? I included a pic of the soil. Tree gets lots of sun starting with sunrise. We get tons of rain up here. Cold winters

I took included some pics of the fungi that I found growing in the soil. Not sure if it matters

In the pics you can see a mulberry and a locust tree growing right up through the branches of the spruce. Are they harmless or are they hurting the spruce?

I have spent HOURS ripping up Oriental Bittersweet. The vines but also the extensive root system. It had been growing all over the tree. I killed it but the dead vines are still wrapped all up the tree. Is that bad? I don't feel safe climbing up the tree

Moss and some weird blue stuff growing on branches. See pics

Any hope that it can grow back its needles and its "fullness". Or is it a goner?

If you can tell me what to do or direct me to helpful links that would be great! LMK if you need more pictures!

Silver maple. I believe four years old. Probably 12-14ft tall. The middle branch is by far the tallest, with two smaller branches, one on either side. I've kept the smaller ones trimmed back (they go about half-way up) with the intention of taking them off completely, but I'm a little nervous it may be cutting out too much mass to do without harming the tree.

Dear all,

Somehow your posts have been getting on my feed. And today I thought, I'll try asking you for advice.

I took over an old garden. There is a plum tree very close to the building which hasn't been pruned for many years. I have pruned trees like apples and other fruit before, but none of them were this big and partly hanging over a building. The plums fall on the roof and are so high up they can't be harvested.

Any advice on what to cut here would be greatly appreciated. I was thinking of at least cutting the 2 hanging over the roof. As per the rules I tried to make a picture of the whole tree. This is difficult however since the space around it is limited.

Hello!

We have two pine trees in our backyard and over the last year or so we've noticed some of the branches and sections of the trees look to be in rough shape. To an untrained person I would assume that these branches are dying? Do we need to cut some of it away for new growth? Maybe hard to tell in pictures but hoping it's not parasite related or something in that realm.

These trees provide a natural buffer from neighbors so we want to keep them around as long as possible!

We live in Central Iowa and are coming out of a very wet September.

Home was built in the 90's and as far as I know these trees have been here ever since.

If I need to provide further pictures I can!
Thank you!

Due to how the branches grew on this dogwood, water is pooling between them and it seems like it's getting deeper over time. Anything I can or should do here?

Caught my kid hitting and peeling bark from my apple tree. Will this kill it? Thanks

Same trees from different angles.

Some fruiting bodies up against the base of a Coast Live Oak in LA front yard. Not growing out of but up against. Harmful or no??

SW IL

Hey everyone, question about the health of this tree. I moved into this home last year and had to trim some rotten limbs off of this bad boy. I believe it is some species of maple but am unsure.

The cracked limb is from a storm a few weeks ago. And the fungus/mushroom growth is new on one the dead limbs that was trimmed.

Should I cut my losses and have it cut down?

Hey, folks! Any idea why my tree would look like this? In its second or third year, never seen it so bad. Under watered or over watered? Just the scorching heat we've been having? I think my neighbor's wife waters it every night or two when she waters hers. (I'm on the right)

Does anybody have or know where I can get a digital copy of the book?

I don’t want to give ISA $70 for it.

Hi all

I’m a 37 year old male from south west UK. I’ve been a self employed, site electrician since I left school but I’m a bit jaded by construction and I’m considering a change of career.

Coming from construction and electrics especially I understand that correct protocols have to be followed and people need relevant tickets to do certain work . . . So with that in mind, is it possible to work for a tree surgery company as a labourer without any tickets?

I’d quite like to have a feel of what it’s like being a tree surgeon to see if I like it and if it’s all good then I’d be happy to invest in the relevant tickets, PPE and equipment and get stuck right in.

Any and all advice welcome.

Thanks

Last year I was asking about this tree and if there were issues with the roots being too close to the house. Now I have a new concern… Compared to what it looked like last year it looks like it’s dying. I did have to dig up one of its big roots that was next to the house but otherwise nothing else has changed. Any thoughts?

Attached our photos of what it looks like now and what it looked like last year.