r/Tree

Hi, it's hard to see from the pictures but we have a maple tree that has some branches on one side where leaves didn't come in this spring. It had a crack on the trunk from a few years ago, but it looks like it healed. My very small male dog does pee on that tree a lot ( probably mainly the side the trees is dying on). Any suggestions we can try first? Anything to rule out first? I don't even know how expensive an arborist is....

Snapped this pic a few years ago on a hike. I asked around a little but no one could explain how this happened.
Thought I’d try the great resources in this sub

While visiting family, saw this weird branch. It has the consistency of broccoli.

I planted this flowering dogwood about six years ago, only to notice it struggling this year. It’s planted in the backyard and receives about 6-7 hours of sunlight a day during the summer. The soil is seemingly well drained (I had just watered it prior to taking these photos).

What’s odd is this spring it began to bud as usual but half the tree has seemingly gotten “stuck” in the flowering stage. The lower half has seemingly leafed out.

Located in SW Connecticut. We had a pretty cold winter, followed by a slightly below average spring (minus a 3 day 80-degree heatwave in early April). May has been a few degrees below average aside from this week where the last three days have been around 90 degrees.

Edit: This tree was purchased potted from a local florist.

Just came out to my yard and found my tree like this... Anyone know who or what could've caused this? My guess is maybe a couple of birds? For their nests? Maybe? 😊

Was driving a road I have been for years and only today noticed a big blackjack oak. I’m in central NJ (near Six Flags) and sometimes I see small or shrub-like blackjacks, but never a proper tree like this! I stopped to take photos. Just some appreciation for a not-so-common tree around here!

I planted an oak tree last year which is now about 2.5 metres high. A few days ago, despite protection, a red deer munched the leading shoot. I'm very annoyed because I wanted it to grow to a nice large oak to be enjoyed or sold or used for wood by my kid in 60 years. What would you do, plant a new one, or is there any way to rescue it? How will it look like if a secondary shoot takes over?

I think it’s a black walnut (Missouri). Trying to decide if I can take it out myself with a friend who has some experience or if I need to hire someone to do it. Either way I want to learn how to fell trees on my property but maybe the risk to the fence is too high for an inexperienced person to do it.

Sorry I couldn’t get closer, I am in the car line at school. I’ve been wondering about this since spring began. This tree is one of many in the area but the others are healthy. There is another one damaged similarly to this near the main road. How would you even deal with something like this? Just let it be?
I’m in south east Pennsylvania.

Location: northeast Ohio

I’ve had this tree for a little over two years and originally got it as a bald burlap tree that served as my Christmas tree the first year and then got planted in the spring. It had a rough transition, and we thought it was going to die, but it lost about half of its needles and then kept growing. It did not get enough water in the time. Between Christmas and being planted in the spring. However, she was a fighter and came back and now has a lot of new growth on it as you can see in the photo.

Why is it not in the ground you might ask?

My sewer line needs replaced, and unfortunately the tree is right over top of the line. The workers dug it up and barely took any of a root fall with it. They barely even took any dirt.

The tree sat like this for a few hours until my husband was sending me pictures of the work and I rushed home too get the roots that were left protected as it is 55° out today.

For now, I have it in a hole that I dug until it can be reset in the flower bed after the work is done.

However, I’m curious of with how little roots were taken to the tree, does it even stand a chance at survival once reset? Its hole is on the north side of the house but it still gets sun for most of the day.

Any tips on how to help the tree once it’s back in the ground are much appreciated. I’m very upset that I have worked hard to get this tree to be able to thrive again and now it is in jeopardy.

Washington, DC

Last year I planted a bunch of mint and basil in a pot and kept it on my deck outside my kitchen. Didn’t bother replanting this year and only some of the mint came back, because mint. Also rarely bothered clearing out all the maple spinners and leaves that fell on them.

Then last night I noticed these (silver?) maple shoots sprouting up! Normally this would intrigue me a little, but right now I’m particularly interested in keeping them alive because they came from this huge tree we have lived under for three years, and we are about to move. I would love to take this living memento of this home (where I’ve spent basically the first three years of my marriage) to our new one.

(Eventually I’d love to replant in the ground somewhere they can thrive. Our new house may or may not be suitable (it’s kind of a small lot and the corners already all have trees) but that’s a next year or the year after that problem. And if not there my parents have a property where I’m sure they’d let me plant a sentimental tree or two.)

Anyway, first things first: how do I keep these alive and growing?

I think I should transfer them to a new, smaller pot(s)? Should I keep them together or pot each sprout separately? Should I see how connected they are in the roots? (But I don’t want to risk damaging the roots, so should I err on the side of potting them together so I can just keep all the soil around their roots as undisturbed as possible?) Should I do it right away or push back the encroaching mint and let them grow in this pot a bit longer? When I do transfer them, should I use regular potting soil or some kind of mulch mix? I’ve read different things.

Sun and water? I don’t water the mint to speak of as we get plenty of rain. The back of our house faces southwest so they get full sun early in the morning, then mom tree starts to shade them, and by mid afternoon or so they’re fully shaded by our block of row houses. But I could move them to wear the full shade starts a little earlier?

TIA!

Slightly smaller than average 3rd grader for scale

This log was dropped off at my mill with a load of ash and red oak; it is obviously neither. Any ideas? No leaves or other plant parts available.

I don't know why I do but boy howdy I do.

The size of the huge crevice makes it simply be amazing that this tree is still thriving. The inside appears to be charred and the huge scratch marks could be made by a bear??

This is obviously a commercial fake bonsai of some tree cuttings pushed into a cheap pot. It’s in the UK but could have been made anywhere

I haven’t seen this specific tree used before. Does anyone recognise them?

I’m hoping they are Dawn Redwood or Swamp Cypress, which I could “de-bonsai” and use as a cheap source of trees.

this was my first time seeing one of these. i absolutely love it. so beautiful. definitely gonna try to revisit this friend in the future

It looks like a maple but i could be wrong. We found it in the front yard randomly growing in are bushes and never noticed it until today. So far what i did was took it out carefully and replanted in this pot and watered it. I’m in Louisiana and i know how the weather is. Do y’all have any advice? Very appreciated🙏🏾