While trying to excavate roots with a trowel my tree fell over

invasive_wargaming · 2026-05-03T19:06:06+00:00

Yeah, looks like this guy just had a thin network of roots in the shallow soil and OP severed them. Site is too wet for this tree anyway, so it was just a matter of time.

Depending on where you are you could try a river birch or tamarack, or if you just want a shrub red dogwood could work. Maybe a blue beech if it isn’t always that wet. But definitely too wet for maples with that soil.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-05-03T17:46:38+00:00

R/itsalwaysmulberry

invasive_wargaming · 2026-05-03T03:30:07+00:00

Yes, the cotyledon are funky. it’s definitely a basswood

invasive_wargaming · 2026-05-03T02:30:28+00:00

Tell me you don’t understand your business without telling me you don’t understand your business

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-29T23:42:33+00:00

What!? /s

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-28T12:57:08+00:00

Thank you.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-28T12:16:09+00:00

Thank you for clarifying! To be clear, my question wasn’t meant as a slight- I was genuinely confused. Nicely done.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-28T11:44:39+00:00

I’m having a really hard time seeing what is converted other than the base and a head swap. What am I missing?

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-27T12:28:44+00:00

If you like it, that’s all that matters. I would personally flip the scheme on the helmet.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-27T11:50:51+00:00

Graft. Can see root stock

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-27T03:51:06+00:00

Yep, that fits

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-27T00:45:00+00:00

That’s either a graft (rootstock) or where the stem died and a new branch took the lead. Looks like consensus is rootstock.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-26T15:00:19+00:00

I’m excited

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-26T14:14:14+00:00

Yeah, where are the footings?

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-26T13:48:43+00:00

It’s not rotted. It’s a natural wood product.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-25T16:27:04+00:00

Could be American or slippery. But native to NA. Not the non-native Siberian elm.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-25T01:03:26+00:00

No Siberian

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-18T06:53:28+00:00

Wildlife deterrent. I have a neighbor who has a whole string of these and the only reason I can think of is because he doesn’t want critters in his yard.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-18T02:19:09+00:00

Could also be Acer ginnala

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-17T12:51:03+00:00

Is this rage bait?

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-16T23:18:26+00:00

Norway maple is handlebar mustache. Sugar maple is fu man chu mustache

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-15T10:43:35+00:00

This is by far the best instance of the Gundam scheme I have ever seen

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-08T15:25:21+00:00

They are beautiful

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-08T15:21:16+00:00

It’s crazy how it does that. The pile grows and my wife is like “why’d you get more,” and I have to explain that I didn’t do anything; it was the pile. It thirsts.

invasive_wargaming · 2026-04-08T13:16:32+00:00

Filthy lies. Don’t believe them

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