highlander
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need some advice:
I have an enormous, beautiful oak tree in my backyard about 20 ft from my house. It appears healthy with green healthy vegatation on each branch extending up the entire tree. However I noticed 3 "mushrooming" funguses at the base on the roots (one was 2 feet in diameter). I cleared them off & had an arborist look at the tree. He claimed that the tree needs to come down b/c he is worried that the fungus has weakened the root system and the tree could come down on my house or my neighbors causing a significant amount of damage.
A tree service estimated removal including stump = $6600.
I am going to get a second opinion from another arborist.
My questions are:
- is there anyway to definitively tell if the base / roots are decaying?
- can the tree be salvaged?
-what would others do? (also consider that my financial situation is not to the point where I can just dish out $6600)
- How long do you think this tree has before it is to the point of no return and becomes emergent that it be taken down (I know this is basically an impossible question but there has to be someone with knowledge of the natural history of trees with this type of disease)
thanks,
Highlander
I have an enormous, beautiful oak tree in my backyard about 20 ft from my house. It appears healthy with green healthy vegatation on each branch extending up the entire tree. However I noticed 3 "mushrooming" funguses at the base on the roots (one was 2 feet in diameter). I cleared them off & had an arborist look at the tree. He claimed that the tree needs to come down b/c he is worried that the fungus has weakened the root system and the tree could come down on my house or my neighbors causing a significant amount of damage.
A tree service estimated removal including stump = $6600.
I am going to get a second opinion from another arborist.
My questions are:
- is there anyway to definitively tell if the base / roots are decaying?
- can the tree be salvaged?
-what would others do? (also consider that my financial situation is not to the point where I can just dish out $6600)
- How long do you think this tree has before it is to the point of no return and becomes emergent that it be taken down (I know this is basically an impossible question but there has to be someone with knowledge of the natural history of trees with this type of disease)
thanks,
Highlander
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