mgullick
New Member
I have a large Tulip tree in my backyard. It gets hot here (we usually have a week of 110+ every summer) so the shade is greatly appreciated but.... I'd like to stop it from flowering. The flowers are great and all but, when they die, they drop a trememdous amount of seed pods. These things are impossible to sweep up, can't be hosed off of walkways worth a darn, stick between decking boards and are horrible to get out, and clog rain gutters which require removal of the things by hand. You can't hose them out because they just compact up. The seed pods have a sharp hook on the end which makes them a real pain to deal with as well.
Is there a systemic product or a spray (systemic would be vastly preferred due to the large size of the tree) that I can use to stop the tree from flowering? I don't want to harm the tree - just stop the horrible mess it creates for myself and my neighbors each year.
Is there a systemic product or a spray (systemic would be vastly preferred due to the large size of the tree) that I can use to stop the tree from flowering? I don't want to harm the tree - just stop the horrible mess it creates for myself and my neighbors each year.