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Half of my river birch is dead
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:18 am
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:18 am
Can it be salvaged? trim off the dead limbs and see if it recovers? or is it a total loss?
Tree is about 7 years old and finally looking like a real tree now. Sucks.
Tree is about 7 years old and finally looking like a real tree now. Sucks.
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:21 am to Salmon
rip
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:21 am to Salmon
Why would you want to save that limb dropping, bark losing, sorry excuse for a tree? Be thankful you finally have a reason to cut it down.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:23 am to DownSouthDave
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Why would you want to save that limb dropping, bark losing, sorry excuse for a tree? Be thankful you finally have a reason to cut it down.
well...I planted it
I like them. The other one is doing fine...for now.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:26 am to Salmon
Had to cut my two Maple trees a couple years ago. One died completely, the other halfway. Had these weird bugs on them months prior. Someone said it was probably a wood borer of some type. It does suck, but they weren't coming back.
The insides were dry as a bone when i finally lost hope and cut them.
The insides were dry as a bone when i finally lost hope and cut them.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:32 am to DownSouthDave
For the Goldfinches. They are the only reason finches are now showing up at my feeder at my office.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:38 am to Salmon
Is there something close to that side of the tree?
I like river birches. I like one big stand alone birch like you appear to have, not a big fan of the ones people leave in clumps of 3 to 5 trees.
I like river birches. I like one big stand alone birch like you appear to have, not a big fan of the ones people leave in clumps of 3 to 5 trees.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:46 am to Clyde Tipton
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Is there something close to that side of the tree?
Nope
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I like one big stand alone birch like you appear to have, not a big fan of the ones people leave in clumps of 3 to 5 trees.
same...I cut all the smaller trunks
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:42 am to Salmon
Blessing in disguise
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:53 am to DownSouthDave
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Why would you want to save that limb dropping, bark losing, sorry excuse for a tree? Be thankful you finally have a reason to cut it down.
The only tree that is worse than a river birch is a bradford pear. A bradford pear tree will split in half if a blue jay farts while sitting on a limb.
WORST TREE EVER.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 12:20 pm to Salmon
Perfect tree if you're in the fire tinder bidness. They're pretty trees but amount of twigs they drop is unreal.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 12:21 pm to alphaandomega
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The only tree that is worse than a river birch is a bradford pear. A bradford pear tree will split in half if a blue jay farts while sitting on a limb.
WORST TREE EVER.
After every hurricane, there's nothing but Bradford pears and Drake elms on the ground.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:14 pm to alphaandomega
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The only tree that is worse than a river birch is a bradford pear. A bradford pear tree will split in half if a blue jay farts while sitting on a limb.
WORST TREE EVER.
I had 2 bradford pears in my yard when I bought the house and they both split in half within the year.
I replaced them with these river birch.
What should I replace this river birch with?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:17 pm to alphaandomega
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The only tree that is worse than a river birch is a bradford pear. A bradford pear tree will split in half if a blue jay farts while sitting on a limb.
a-hole building contractor in our neighborhood insisted on putting Pears everywhere...when it came to building my house...I told him straight...you put a pear in that yard....you can keep the damn house. I want a maple or some other hardwood. I got a red maple...prettiest flame leaves in the fall. Yeah I gotta rake, but at least I know that tree ain't gonna shed limbs like a pear.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:19 pm to Salmon
When I bought my house 9 years ago the driveway was lined on both sides with (50) 10-year old River Birches. Now it's lined with about (34) 19-year old River Birches. Some of the ones standing are half dead/half alive like that retard tree you have. They'll die, half die, 1/4 die, just whatever. I've tried to give them safe spaces. I've long since discontinued the practice of spraying roundup or any other herbicides around them, thinking that maybe I was contributing to their demise. I've fertilized, watered, groomed and pruned. They reward me by raining down twigs and limbs and bark and trunks every time a leisurely breeze blows up. I can't really think of anything else in the world worse than a River Birch tree. Maybe ISIS. Maybe ISIS will blow up the Arbor Day foundation and destroy any piece of literature they have published that praises or encourages people to plant these God-forsaken things.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:19 pm to Salmon
quote:Drake Elm
What should I replace this river birch with?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:22 pm to Salmon
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Tree is about 7 years old
Should not have given him another year...
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:45 pm to Salmon
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What should I replace this river birch with?
Shumard Oak
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:54 pm to upgrayedd
Those are good. I've been pretty happy with the Saw Tooth oaks I have on my property. The shoot up pretty fast and make a good looking tree. They drop a lot of acorns, but deer got to eat too..
Posted on 3/27/17 at 3:25 pm to Salmon
Any kind of oak. If your yard allows I love a water or pin oak.
If you want an oak that grows relatively quickly go with a saw tooth. We have planted hundreds at my farm and if you fertilize them every year they grow quickly (for an oak). They will start producing acorns at 8-9 years.
If you want an oak that grows relatively quickly go with a saw tooth. We have planted hundreds at my farm and if you fertilize them every year they grow quickly (for an oak). They will start producing acorns at 8-9 years.
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