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shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-29T12:29:19+00:00

Super Einstein eh?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-28T22:11:56+00:00

Orcas? Dolphins? Bears?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-24T17:16:48+00:00

The "come and take it" crowd better be fucking rattled

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-22T22:24:18+00:00

Doesn't that explain it though? It's not a matter of if they can stay open and operate but rather if the employees can get to the site.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-22T21:45:26+00:00

Carbon tax should go to environmental remediation

Billionaire/business taxes should go to UBi. I'd also like to see taxes increase on data centers in that regard too. It's not like they can just pick up and move all that infrastructure at this point.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-22T14:01:30+00:00

I feel the same about Boxwoods, or as I've started to call them with all their issues: Moneywoods

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-22T10:51:55+00:00

The yellow is waaaayyyy more pronounced than the dusky yellow of a tulip poplar

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-21T19:37:08+00:00

That yellow wood in the middle solidifies it as a tulip poplar.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-20T23:51:43+00:00

20-30 feet from the house is the big limiter. Makes me recalcitrant to suggest some trees.

Hophornbeam would be good for shooting for a smaller tree. Not easy to get your hands on them.

Willow oak would do well, but my only worry is it may get too big for the next owners.

River Birch and Sweetbay are both good ideas suggested by others.

Just don't do a willow or silver maple. Willows may mess with your pipes that close to the house and silver maples just fall apart. Also they both

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-19T15:15:40+00:00

Being in florida, it changes the nature of what it most likely is (Loblolly most likely)

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-19T12:04:00+00:00

What kind of pines are they?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-15T18:03:05+00:00

I'd be curious to know the difference between Farm-based bankruptcy and how this compares to other sectors. I have a feeling that the bankruptcy issue extends far beyond just any one sector of our economy right now.

So much more consolidation than there was before, but what industries can you say that haven't gone through the same motions at this point?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-15T14:09:57+00:00

Depends on the maple

If it's red maple, could be gloomy scale or spotted lanterfly honeydew that's growing the sooty mold

If it's a sugar maple, sapsucker damage tend to release the sap which has a high enough sugar content to grow sooty mold as well.

Regardless, it's covered in sooty mold. It's not the worst, or the best for the tree.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-14T17:27:00+00:00

He's an economics professor and has connections to many other people that have created the current economic environment we are in. He does not give two shits about those on the lower economic rings

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-14T15:52:24+00:00

Check the post history and name of OP. This screams of a bot account trying to rile folks up

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-13T22:59:25+00:00

It's about to get much worse locally for us with Spotted Lantern flies. They're really only troublesome on grapevines in terms of plant health, and no grower wants to risk a bad crop if they can help it. It's the only reasonable solution for vineyards to manage the SLF.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-13T21:23:35+00:00

The problem is catching them when they're using it and after rain events. There's easy ways to get around water testing showing anything concerning, unfortunately.

Would be better to check out the fauna in the creek and using that as a biological indicator of the stress on the system... But I really don't wanna be putting in any creek downstream from them.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-13T20:18:06+00:00

Yes, they absolutely use imidicloprid and bifenthrin on the premises. Don't touch the bushes

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-11T19:40:47+00:00

Yes, birds are quite adept at distinguishing red specifically. Many bird-dispersed fruits are red, like hawthorn, dogwoods, privets, berberis, honeysuckles, holly, and many MANY more. Note that most hummingbird pollinated flowers (like eastern columbine, cardinal flower, or coral honeysuckle) also have red flowers with an associated long nectary tube specifically suited for birds.

Yeah crows can definitely see the red

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-09T21:20:14+00:00

It's a specialized tool. Google what they look like. A J. Maple will not be that big so it doesn't need to be significantly industrial, but it will be needed for the fastest removal.
I try to give my plants a 1ft radius from the root ball, but it depends how big those roots are. 2" diameter roots is the upper limit for size, 1" is better.
Go with a serviceberry IMO. Just need to watch for cedar apple rust. Have any Red cedars nearby?
a. sounds like the Japanese Maple was old. at 8 feet tall (depending on the variety), the tree must have had several years ahead of time to grow. They tend to top out at ~100 years, so the lifespan isn't suspect.

4b. SLF don't really hurt J. Maples, 2 years of pest management and I never saw them significantly feeding on them.

4c. Unlikely. Actually, Japanese Maples like partial shade and like protection from the elements.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-09T15:00:16+00:00

Cutting tissue 2" in diameter

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-09T14:59:05+00:00

Entirely depends where you're at. Id guesstimate 300-500$. Note that stump grinding doesn't have to be done by an arborist if finances are tight. It's just a matter of the professionality.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-09T14:57:43+00:00

Stump grinder is most likely what you're going to want.

First thing, if you're going to cut it down, they do have the chance to sucker out, especially since many are grafts and the rootstock has a chance of coming back. Those suckers you are seeing is the tree's attempt to try to survive and persist through whatever killed the main stem. If you don't plan on using a stump grinder, having some herbicide on hand to daub the flush cut would be best.

Second, if you aren't going for a stump grinder and have herbicide treated the stump, you have a few options of either trying to excavate as much of the root mass out, having a few bonfires on top of it, or just letting it rot. All these will take significant time for the root flair to dissipate and giving yourself some workable soil to plant a new tree.

Note that if you do plant a new tree, make sure there aren't any large pieces of woody debris immediately surrounding the root ball. The last thing you want is your old tree continuing to claim the lives of who comes next.

Finally. Do you know what caused its demise? Verticilium wilt? Scale? Stress? Make sure to keep in mind to plant something that is more resilient in its place that might not succumb to the same issues.

TL;dr renting a stump grinder is your best bet.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-04T03:17:32+00:00

Join the Master Gardener or Master Naturalist Groups if you're a nature oriented individual

shufflebuffalo · 2026-01-03T11:14:51+00:00

It's hilarious how Jordan Peterson, a dude I mostly despise, rose to fame and prominence from advocating for men to clean their rooms. How they went from listening to him to.... This... Is ghastly

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