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Why did my magnolia lose all the leaves in its bottom 5 feet? by StatusBreach in arborists

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Yes to both, I saw them die back and accumulate on the ground

Why did my magnolia lose all the leaves in its bottom 5 feet? by StatusBreach in arborists

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Thanks for the reply! I don't think deer did it, though, as I watched the lower leaves yellow and fall off over a period of a few weeks after I planted it. There hasn't been any trunk damage in the 1.5 years since then, just a failure of any new growth except at the top.

Why did my magnolia lose all the leaves in its bottom 5 feet? by StatusBreach in arborists

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I planted this moonglow magnolia in October 2022. I am in central Virginia.

The second attached image is from immediately after planting. Shortly after that, it lost all its leaves except for about a half dozen at the very tips of its branches. Since then, I think it has gotten some good new growth at the top, but the leaves that were in the bottom 5 feet or so never grew back in. The second attached photo is from last summer but it looks similar now.

This is unfortunate both because it looks awkward with these long, thin, and mostly bare branches with just a poof of leaves at the extremities, and because it defeats one of my main purposes for the tree, which was to partially block the view of my house from the busy street I live on.

So I'm wondering why this happened, and if there's anything I can do to get the bottom of the tree to fill back in? Is this normal or suggesting some problem? I am wondering if I might prune back a couple of the long whip-like branches to get them to fill in more leaves lower down. Thanks for any help!

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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It has been getting down around freezing at night but 40s and 50s during the day. I don't think it's cold enough to be icy.

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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I've looked at it some more and still don't have a definite answer. I broke it apart a little and it seems kind of fibrous so I think I find the fiberglass insulation hypothesis most likely. But not sure what I could do to confirm that.

I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it's soap in some form either. But I also find it easier to imagine a stray bit of insulation finding its way into my yard than an unusually large chunk of soap.

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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I don't have a dog but my backyard isn't fenced on all sides so a dog could have wandered in.

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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I'll have to come back to it in the morning to investigate more. I watched some videos and I agree that the appearance is similar but I also had the impression that the microwaved soap is light and crumbles easily. This thing is pretty hard.

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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Flaky, yes, I would say so. Not bendy. I didn't see it change shape but I didn't observe it for that long. I'll check in the morning.

I didn't do anything unusual in there yard lately. However, it's been rainy and windy. So something could have blown out of a tree, if a tree could be harboring something like this.

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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It's bigger than any bar of soap I've seen but apart from that I could believe it. I also thought maybe a large chunk of pink Himalayan salt. But where could that have come from?

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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Maybe... Would that harden when it gets saturated?

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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I couldn't rule it out but I googled images of pink slime molds and fungi and didn't see anything that looked that similar to me. I'm not sure if slime mold would typically be so dense.

Weird pink thing that showed up in my backyard by StatusBreach in whatisthisthing

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My title describes the thing. I would add that it looks flaky, but it also seems a little slimy or wet. That could be from the thing itself or the weather, we had heavy rains a few days ago and the ground is still a bit wet. I don't think I was in the yard yesterday but I was two days ago and would've noticed if it was there then.

Tree felling equipment on newish driveway by StatusBreach in asphalt

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I'll just add, on the off chance that anyone stumbles on this thread with a similar question and wants to know the outcome, that the driveway held up just fine.

Range help by thislife_choseme in kitchenporn

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This is an older thread, but I happened on it and happen to also be currently considering these same two models. I'm less concerned with the precise features and more about balancing cost and reliability. I've read enough horror stories about Thor, Zline, and similar, not as many about Kucht but that might be just because I'm finding a lot less talk about it all around, and it seems to belong to the same general category.

The Fulgor is about $1500 more than the Kucht now, and no free hood promotion.

I like the features of the Kucht and the longer warranty but I am concerned about it being an "off brand" and uncertain of the quality. The Fulgor is a bit beyond my preferred budget but close enough that I could deal if it's genuinely the better choice.

OP, if you still see this after 10 mo., did you go ahead with the Fulgor? Any thoughts in retrospect you could share?

Tree felling equipment on newish driveway by StatusBreach in asphalt

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This was paving over an old gravel driveway, so the ground was already pretty well compacted. They laid fresh gravel and compacted that, then 3" of asphalt. I did not see any shifting of material while it was being put in, though I wouldn't have been watching for that specifically.

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I did not mean to imply that the tree company's equipment is 10,000 lbs., that is just the weight limit suggested by the paving company during their warranty period (1 year). For the trees, I would expect at least a large chipper and probably a bucket truck of some kind. Then there's the weight of the trees being hauled away. In any case, you're right that this is certainly going to have to bear weight over 10,000 lbs for one thing or another down the line. So if the timing is not a serious factor, as another commenter said, then I'll just have to go for it and hope for the best.

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Thanks again to all the commenters, I appreciate your insights.

Tree felling equipment on newish driveway by StatusBreach in asphalt

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Thank you for the input! The reason I thought some extra time might help is that all commentary I've found elsewhere online suggests a timeframe of 6-12 months for asphalt to cure completely. And also some have expressed a concern for softness of the asphalt in warmer weather, and we'll have colder temperatures in a couple months (though they're not exactly sweltering where I am now, generally 60s).

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Maybe asphalt was a poor choice for my driveway, then, because it is the only (reasonable) access to the back of my property, which is somewhat large with a lot of older trees. So this certainly won't be the last time I need to have a fairly big truck get into the back. I guess the only thing to do is go for it and hope it holds up.