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What is going on at base of tree
Posted on 3/24/23 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 3/24/23 at 9:20 pm
Noticed this “wet spot” at the bottom of my tree, but it hadn’t rained in awhile. Is this the beginning signs of termite damage?
~40’ water oak
~40’ water oak
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Posted on 3/24/23 at 11:13 pm to Weekend Warrior79
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~40’ water oak
Those things grow for 1/2 their life and rot out their insides the other 1/2. Cut it down
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:31 am to Weekend Warrior79
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This post was edited on 1/28/25 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 3/25/23 at 8:14 am to Weekend Warrior79
Google slime-flux. It's a pretty common problem.
You tree truck looks pretty healthy for the most part.
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You tree truck looks pretty healthy for the most part.
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This post was edited on 3/25/23 at 8:15 am
Posted on 3/25/23 at 9:25 am to wickowick
I’m “not allowed to cut it down until we have more shade”. It’s the last tree on the property, going to be putting down another 3 trees this year and hopefully it’ll be gone in a few years
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:33 am to Weekend Warrior79
That’s a pretty fair request by who I assume is your wife. It ain’t dead yet, why rush it if you have no other trees or shade?
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:38 am to Weekend Warrior79
How close is it to your house? These things have a really bad habit of looking ok but the insides are rotten and they break at the truck and take out a house.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 1:31 pm to Weekend Warrior79
Plant a Chinese elm. That’s a fast growing tree for shade, and I’m pleased with mine so far.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 2:05 pm to wickowick
Close enough that if it falls just right insurance will pay to refurb the bathroom we want to redo 
But it’ll probably go a little further South and take out the compressor and master bed instead
It’ll be gone in the next few years, just a matter of planning what we want and where we want them.
But it’ll probably go a little further South and take out the compressor and master bed instead
It’ll be gone in the next few years, just a matter of planning what we want and where we want them.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 2:08 pm to sledgehammer
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Plant a Chinese elm.
Noted. Going to work w a landscape person because we are also installing privacy hedges along the back of the yard w a garden in front of it.
Been wanting something like a red maple for color & shade and some Italian cypresses along the back fence line. But, still open minded because I have no idea what will thrive in my environment and yard
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:35 am to Weekend Warrior79
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40’ water oak
It's done for.
Cut it down.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:43 am to Weekend Warrior79
Ida took all my water oaks. Planted Nuttall and Shumard oaks. Have grown triple the size since I planted them. They are deciduous and have nice colors in the fall. Fully grown trees in roughly 15-20 years with a large canopy for shade.
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