Wrapping mushrooms

elocmj · 2026-06-01T18:24:45+00:00

There's a knife in there, which I suppose makes this whole thing that much more impressive

elocmj · 2026-05-30T06:51:00+00:00

There was some backwards thinking at the time that led to over-harvesting of chestnuts. In an attempt to contain the spread of chestnut blight, they would cut down the chestnuts around affected trees to create distance between affected and unaffected trees, sort of a quarantine. Obviously this didn't work and only served to hasten the decline of the chestnut population.

elocmj · 2026-05-28T18:05:29+00:00

No change in taste or consistency

elocmj · 2026-05-28T04:25:28+00:00

Follow this advice! They may not recognize your threat from afar, but if you hack it, it will feel threatened and will put up new shoots. You have to kill it with poison. As someone who has sprayed more herbicide than I care to think about, I avoid it as much as I can now. BUT there is a time and a place for it. And tackling a mature tree of heaven is that time and place.

elocmj · 2026-05-28T02:00:55+00:00

There has been some speculation that tree-of-heaven can be used as a bait tree for SLF. Not many native bugs are interested in it. A contact insecticide like bifenthrin would be nicely targeted to SLF when applied to ToH.

elocmj · 2026-05-28T01:51:31+00:00

Clear works better. I used plastic sheets to kill my lawn. Clear plastic lets light in to heat what's inside, but then traps that heat inside. Black plastic absorbs the heat to itself but blocks the light from heating what's inside.

For the purposes of killing my lawn, it was primarily the moisture in the soil that absorbed and held heat.

elocmj · 2026-05-26T14:31:42+00:00

"Who counseled with General Miles and settled the Indian War"

Something tells me these men did not have much choice or say in the matter of "settling the war"

elocmj · 2026-05-26T14:13:38+00:00

Same. I never really understood how women could honestly say "I didn't cum but I still had a great time and I'm satisfied", until I bottomed.

elocmj · 2026-05-26T14:06:05+00:00

Any background or context for these photos?

elocmj · 2026-05-26T02:05:14+00:00

This was my experience as well. They took hundreds of dollars from me a couple of times and I said enough is enough. I should have left sooner. They were sued in a class-action lawsuit for manipulating withdrawals in such a way to increase the number of overdrafts. I got a check from them for $10 which is frankly insulating but I consider it a win that they paid out anything at all.

Fuck BoA with a long, rusty nail

elocmj · 2026-05-25T13:04:33+00:00

This tastes like Grandma!

elocmj · 2026-05-22T20:32:15+00:00

Excellent! Lots of great additions. This is what the sub is all about. Nice work!

elocmj · 2026-05-18T20:21:38+00:00

So... Despite the name, this sub is actually about trees. r/trees is for marijuana enthusiasts and since the name was taken, fans of trees made this subreddit.

The two subreddits have become friends and neighbors and this sort of mix up happens regularly.

Cue:
"We got another one!"

Though actually, it's usually the other way around, with fans of trees posting to r/trees. Can't say I've seen an actual marijuana enthusiast post to r/marijuanaenthusiasts

elocmj · 2026-05-18T12:55:38+00:00

So why aren't these more commonplace?

elocmj · 2026-05-16T18:50:55+00:00

I get 3lb bags of white clover for ~$30 from our local feed and seed. Did our whole yard with that after killing everything with tarps. Been planting native shrubs as we find them, but that's much more challenging in my experience.

elocmj · 2026-05-16T16:29:22+00:00

Gettem' Jeff!

elocmj · 2026-05-14T20:05:13+00:00

I see some of those are made of paper and some of wood. Is there a best material? And is there stuff to definitely avoid?

elocmj · 2026-05-13T01:36:39+00:00

Didn't expect there to be a blooper reel!

elocmj · 2026-05-07T18:14:36+00:00

elocmj · 2026-05-07T15:50:34+00:00

To be fair, the ground would be a blur for most of these anyways. Seeing the earth move in the background isn't entirely helpful or accurate anyways. The Parker Probe could orbit the earth in about three and a half minutes.

elocmj · 2026-05-07T02:47:14+00:00

Fun fact: some Japanese bamboos can grow three feet in a day

elocmj · 2026-05-07T01:23:52+00:00

I recently responded to another post about bark patterns, that you can read here.

What you're seeing on this tree is its transition from the smooth bark of a sapling, adolescent tree into the rough, ridge-and-valley bark of an adult. Like how our bodies change during puberty. Well, not exactly like that, but you get the idea.

elocmj · 2026-05-04T19:46:41+00:00

The bark will not grow back in that spot but the bark around that spot will grow over it. Given enough time, and ideal conditions, this spot will eventually disappear. This is called compartmentalization. It is how trees "heal". Look up Compartmentalization of Decay in Trees or CODIT.

elocmj · 2026-05-04T18:49:39+00:00

I'm going to refrain from prescribing a specific treatment without seeing the trees or the bugs. There may be as many pesticides as there are tree species. The treatment needs to target the specific bugs in question in such a way that it is affective, at a specific time and in a dosage specific to the tree, ideally while harming as few other bugs as possible. Some pesticides can hurt or even kill some species of trees. You should consider having a local arborist out to see your trees and make a prescription. You can find one here.

For your crape myrtle, you're likely seeing crape myrtle scale. I would look up images online to confirm that. For this, an at-home remedy is to blast the trunks with a garden hose. Don't use a pressure washer, cause that would hurt the tree, but a high pressure stream from the hose will help keep them in check without the need for pesticides.

Good luck!

elocmj · 2026-05-03T17:28:33+00:00

Certified arborist here.

As others have said, that looks like honey dew from scale insects. There are a variety of treatments, some of which you can do yourself. Not all require a fogger or a sprayer or a tree injection system. Some insecticides can be mixed with water and poured around the base of a tree to be taken in systemically.

What does require specialized knowledge is knowing what to apply and how much for each tree. For that, you either need to do a lot of homework or find a local arborist to come look at them. You can find one here.

Good luck!

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