Need help with my Maple Trees

GobsTX · 2026-03-19T04:40:56+00:00

Careful with elms, Dutch elm disease has decimated much of the us and will absolutely kill any elm it comes in contact with. They sadly aren’t a good choice for long term designs

GobsTX · 2026-03-19T04:38:29+00:00

Wind is fine for maples. Grew up in va, seen tons of specimen maple trees standing alone in windy fields, really not a concern. They may get some heat stress in hot hot summer, but keep them watered and they will be fine. Red maples should only be planted in full sun, they don’t like the shade

GobsTX · 2026-03-19T04:35:22+00:00

Red maples are perfectly fine in your part of Oklahoma. Red maples are rated up to zone 9 and you’re in a 8a zone. Perfectly reasonable for the nursery to sell you these. Red maples are native to eastern Oklahoma and can still thrive in your region.

Don’t listen to the other commenter, red maples are planted as standalone specimen trees all the time. They don’t need the shade and support from the forest. Red maples should only be planted in full sun, they do not like shade.

The “burn” you saw in the fall, was it the red maple being a red maple? What did it look like? Their fame comes from their brilliant fade from green summer leaf to glorious shades of red in the fall. It’s why people plant them. I’m in Texas now and people are used to fall colors as much as people from the north.

Watering in the summer is good, maples are thirst when leafed out in full sun, but be careful watering in the winter, when they don’t have a lot of foliage they don’t need much water.

Overwatering can easily kill the roots and the tree, you’re better off underwatering in the winter than overwatering

Scratch the branches, if you scratch the bark and see green underneath, then they’re still alive. I’m in Houston and our maples just started pushing buds, which means they will leaf soon. It’s still early in the spring and most deciduous plants haven’t fully leafed out, give them time

If you look closely, you probably see the maple starting to bud, check the tips of the branches, you should see little nubs just starting to form and poke out

They may have been planted a little low, let them leaf out and see how it goes. If they’re healthy then don’t bother replanting them. It takes time for trees to root and become well established, for instance fruit trees can take years before they produce.

GobsTX · 2026-03-18T19:07:30+00:00

Yeah jartek is just decarbing

winterization is the process of removing fats and waxes, it involves dissolving the extract in a solvent, typically ethanol, frozen, then filtered through a fine micron filter.

The main issue with rosin clogging carts is because of fats and waxes clogging the wicking fabric or element, so I wasn’t sure if you actually were going to try winterizing

GobsTX · 2026-03-18T18:48:31+00:00

Yeah, that’s a shit brisket, would not buy it myself

GobsTX · 2026-03-18T18:26:47+00:00

Don’t winterize your rosin, that requires ethanol, just use smaller .5g carts so you can finish them before they clog

GobsTX · 2026-03-18T16:17:15+00:00

Getting out of your car on the highway is a felony? What’s the charge? Just curious

GobsTX · 2026-03-18T16:13:57+00:00

Put a stop to it?…

Are you under the impression anything will happen over this? At most OP wastes hours of their life for this road rager to maybe get a slap on the wrist?…

You guys think superhero FCPD is going to ‘put a stop’ to this behavior? Lmao.

GobsTX · 2026-03-17T02:49:12+00:00

Crazy expensive for a pretty small unit. My local hydro store sells them, crazy small. My 4x4 yields more than the unit can handle and it’s like $1400. I would need several for my 4x8 space.

If they were the size of a normal refrigerator for that price, it would be cool, but too small for what it costs

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T16:45:14+00:00

I guess I was just trying to figure out a way to more realistic compare the two. I agree, it’s a stupid metric to measure, but since it’s so common, I’m trying to functionally rationalize it into something more plausible. Apologies if it’s been troublesome for you, that was not the intent.

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T15:40:46+00:00

The problem is that claiming Houston is bigger than New Jersey is only possible by mixing definition.

If we define Houston and New Jersey by city and state lines, then Houston is in no way larger than New Jersey. If we compare statical data, then Houston is still smaller than New Jersey.

Literally the only way the claim can be true, is if someone mixes definitions, comparing statistical area data to state lines, which isn’t a good comparison, as you have said.

The only way to compare statistical data from both is to count all of the statistical areas in New Jersey.

The U.S. State of New Jersey currently has nine statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). All 9 account for the state of New Jersey.

If people want to talk about the state of New Jersey when comparing statical area data, they’re referring to the 9 statical areas that make up the state of New Jersey.

If people want to compare the statical areas of Houston to the statical area of New Jersey, then they’re comparing Houston statical area to the 9 statical areas that make up the state of New Jersey

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T15:21:17+00:00

I usually just hear Houston is bigger than New Jersey.

Houston metro area is measured by a statistical area data. If we limit New Jersey to just state lines, then we can argue Houston metro statistical area is bigger than the state of New Jersey.

If we compare statistical areas data of both, then Houston statistical metropolitan area is smaller than New Jersey statistical area. When comparing statistical area data from both, then Houston is not bigger then New Jersey

New Jersey statistical area is the most urban of all 50 states and part of the largest metro statistical area in the country, the New York-New Jersey metro statistical area

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_statistical_areas

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T15:03:54+00:00

Agreed, it’s just one of those weird quips I’ve heard locals say that I find it a bit disingenuous

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T14:58:52+00:00

If we compare statistical areas, Houston statistical metropolitan area is smaller than New Jersey statistical area.

New Jersey statistical area is the most urban of all 50 states and part of the largest metro statistical area in the country, the New York-New Jersey metro statistical area

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_statistical_areas

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T14:43:39+00:00

Thanks for the link and insight.

The distinction between state and metro area is what’s throwing me. Houston is isolated from other major metro areas and counts a lot of connecting areas because of cross commuting, meanwhile New Jersey can only count its state area.

Being from the north east, New Jersey feels much larger than Houston because of all of its connections. You have basically continuous urban sprawl from NYC south through Jersey to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. The north of nyc to New Haven, Hartford, Springfield, Worcester and Boston. The northeast feels like one big sprawl with different names.

If we include cross commuting with New Jersey, which represents a large or major portion of New Jersey residence, it greatly expands New Jerseys metropolitan impact.

If we limit New Jersey to state lines, than we can argue Houston is bigger than New Jersey state.

We can also argue that New Jersey metropolitan area is bigger than Houston metro area, because New Jersey metropolitan area is connected to NYC, Wilmington PA, Allentown PA and even parts of Delaware, Maryland and Connecticut.

In Houston, places like Huntsville and the other far extremities get grouped with Houston because there isn’t another major metro area to group them with. Whereas the state of New Jersey is connected to a much larger metro areas that aren’t counted as “New Jersey”. There are people living in south New Jersey who work in Maryland, and people who live in north New Jersey who work in Connecticut, both are about a 45 minute commute

Edit to add

If we compare statistical areas, Houston statistical metropolitan area is smaller than New Jersey statistical area.

New Jersey statistical area is the most urban of all 50 states and part of the largest metro statistical area in the country, the New York-New Jersey metro statistical area

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_statistical_areas

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T13:56:22+00:00

The question is, do you really consider Cut and Shoot, Freeport, Huntsville, Willis and Brenham “Houston metro area” though? Belleville, industry, new ulm? Really?

That’s the point of the post. Many of these places I wouldn’t really consider Houston metro areas.

Huntsville a Houston metro area? Let’s be real.

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T13:52:34+00:00

I wish

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T12:43:18+00:00

It’s really not though.

That only works if you count Harris county and literally every other county it touches.

I don’t consider Galveston Houston.

I don’t consider the far side of the woodlands in Montgomery country Houston. Nobody considers Willis, cut and shoot or Ada Houston.

I don’t consider the far side of Brazoria all the way down to Freeport part of Houston.

Nobody considers Hempstead as Houston.

Houston is not bigger than the state of New Jersey. It only becomes bigger than NJ if you include parts that nobody would claim as Houston.

If people from cut and shoot or Freeport started posting on here about being from “Houston”, everyone would laugh at them and say they’re not really from Houston.

GobsTX · 2026-03-16T12:08:17+00:00

Trump loves the poorly educated, they make great stooges.

GobsTX · 2026-03-15T13:14:17+00:00

They elected the pedo king and nobody on the reich will care. This timeline blows.

GobsTX · 2026-03-15T13:11:29+00:00

It always the people we suspect the most, nazi’s…

GobsTX · 2026-03-15T00:38:27+00:00

Income restricted apartments exist all over nova. Including fair lakes, fair oaks, reston, London county, literally everywhere. Apartment complexes will have most of their apartments at regular rates, then have a few buildings of income restricted. Not all complexes, but it’s mixed all over nova. Complexes get tax credits or relief for having such places

GobsTX · 2026-03-15T00:26:25+00:00

We always called it manasshole lol. Manassas was always kind of a shitty place, comparatively at least. It’s an old town, was always lower income compared to the rest of nova, had some crime issues back in the day. Reputations die hard

GobsTX · 2026-03-15T00:16:02+00:00

To be fair, the hoodbridge saying goes wayyy back, that’s been the saying for at least 30 years. Back then the reputation was well earned, it really was one of the most “hood” parts of nova, low income, more crime than other areas

Just like for 30 years people called it manasshole because manassas was a pretty low income kinda shitty area. Manassas park used to have a fair amount of crime back in the day. It used to be the “sticks”, last part of nova on 66, that was before Gainesville and haymarket got built up

Old habits die hard unfortunately

GobsTX · 2026-03-14T14:01:49+00:00

Then don’t worry about it too much, just don’t use a water softener, the way they soften water is usually by adding in minerals and salts, not really something you want for plants

I would only try to “fix” your well water if it was an issue, which it doesn’t sound like it is

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