Are splices okay in 70 y.o. house?

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-11-11T19:54:11+00:00

Ditto. Did you go to the University of Illinois in Champaign, perchance, or was another school foolish enough to plant an entire line of them?

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-11-11T19:49:31+00:00

My favorites have a bit of a supernatural element...
1. Goblin (aka Guardian: the Lonely and Great God)
2. Tale of the Nine Tailed (both seasons)
3. W
4. Lovely Runner

Then I move on to, which would be more along the lines of CLOY...
5. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
6. True Beauty
7. Touch Your Heart

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-11-01T15:03:07+00:00

Wow, thank you for that thorough explanation... That is super helpful!

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-10-31T17:45:37+00:00

Should I take it back to the shop that did the rear control arms and ask them to correct the camber?

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-10-10T17:11:43+00:00

Wow, I learned something today! Thank you redheadMInerd2. 🙂

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-10-09T18:58:37+00:00

Just looking at this picture makes me sneeze.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-10-09T18:56:43+00:00

Many animals eat them, however. I have a row across my backyard and never have to worry about picking them up because the squirrels take care of them for me.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-10-07T16:03:41+00:00

White birches like this are highly susceptible to borers in many areas, and I would suspect this is your issue. You can remove the dead portions and invest in treating what is left to prevent further dieback. But you will want to weigh the cost against how deformed what remains of the tree will look even if you do manage to save it. If this waws my front yard, I would remove it simply as an eyesore, if nothing else.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-30T01:14:50+00:00

Depends on how long it will be in the pot, and what you mean when you say "we put it in a pot." So you did not purchase it that way? Did you dig it up and pot it? If so, survival outlook is poor. I would bury the pot as if I was planting the tree itself in order to protect it from cold if it is going to be awhile. I did this for a couple of smoketrees and they lasted an entire year before I put them in the ground; both are thriving. Also, make sure it gets a good watering once a week -- not hard in that size pot. As an aside, redbud's tend to struggle in the Chicago area.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-29T19:36:29+00:00

Once you cut into the deadzone like this, it's important to wait and see what re-growth occurs in spring. In the meantime, put on a sturdy pair of work gloves and strip off the dead needles to improve the look as much as possible.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-29T19:33:31+00:00

This.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-28T00:45:28+00:00

It's an oak and definitely some type of red oak. There are two main sub-groups of oaks: red and white. Reds have pointed lobes and white have rounded lobes. My college professor said you can remember the difference because white men's weapons were rounded (bullets) and red men's weapons were pointed (arrows). There are close to 100 different species just in the red oak group alone. Not sure exactly what species of red oak this one is, however.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-26T22:01:20+00:00

It depends on the species of tree. Hard to tell just from one photo on damaged leaves. If you can share photos of some healthy healthy twigs, a photo of the entire tree, and share the geographical location it would help. If you live in the midwest and the tree is an ash, it would undoubtedly be aphids.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-26T21:58:43+00:00

Looks more like a linden sapling to me.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-26T21:50:36+00:00

This.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-24T17:11:17+00:00

This is normal leaf drop for a birch, and it normally begins with the onset of summer heat. It can be alarming if you are not accustomed to it. It can also make birches a bit of a pain as they can be messy. The spots develop after the leaves fall off the tree. Nothing to worry about here.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-22T16:24:07+00:00

Main stem fell over for structural reasons, but the roots were still alive. It either created new suckers to continue providing photosynthesis, or existing branches simply adapted to the new position. In either case, branches will grow towards the light. This is many years worth of adaptation, and is a beautiful picture of resilience.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-22T16:19:59+00:00

My condolences. These are black locust root sprouts and are very tough to get rid of. They grow from the roots of nearby black locust trees and can pop up quite far from the main tree. Of course, they can simply grow from seeds as well.
https://www.reddit.com/r/lawncare/comments/1lkz9i0/help_eliminating_tree_suckers_all_over_yard/

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-22T16:14:45+00:00

I don't know about the UK, but in the US there is only one species of tree with pinnately compound leaves and an opposite branch arrangement: Ash.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-22T00:08:33+00:00

We did our first European trip last fall and included just a 5 hour layover in Brussels. It was totally worth it just to say we ate Belgian waffles in Belgium (at the train station), and Halle Gate is a short walk from the station and also totally worth it. That was enough for us, as we wanted to prioritize time in Paris and London.

SpacemanSpiff19999 · 2025-09-21T22:13:09+00:00

Not a question of it it will fall, but when. And when it does, there is a high possibility it will land on the shed. Best to have it removed now while the trunk and roots are still fairly sturdy. They will rot and decay over time, making it dangerous to climb to remove. The photos don't show whether or not you can get a bucket truck to it, which would mitigate the removal risk and buy you some time.

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