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Thanks so much ATH!! When I did a prelim search yesterday I read that there were only full articles for 2002 and on, so I didn't even go any farther. This is far more than I hoped for! I'm not an arborist, just an enthusiast, so not sure they'd accept an app from me....:( Again, much thanks for...

Oh wow, I knew it had to be a ways back, but you found it! Thanks ATH!! Does it talk about the deaths of the trees or where it happened? I have so many questions...

Hi all - I recently finished a fantastic book (The Hidden Life of Trees - Wohlleben) that was packed with tons of mostly footnoted facts, a bunch of which I was unaware. One explained about how trees need to rest at night like people, and how city light affects seasonal dormancy and tree health...

It's good to know that I have a little time left to get them in the ground, but you bring up a valid point, Del... and the seedlings I'm looking at will be coming from Mississippi. Much, much farther south than I anticipated. From a past visit to Louisiana in February some years back, you...

Thank you Ray and ATH - This is what I was looking for. For saplings I worry about the replanting "shock" unless I can plant on a more mild late-fall, early-winter day. They're predicting a "normal" winter for IL at least, so I don't imagine there'll be much in the way of deep freezes here. As...

Thanks for the responses and the link Del, but neither have given me an answer to my question. The link you included is just about how the white oak is Illinois state tree, and it's history. Repeatedly telling me to 'plant them now' is not helping. I would love to plant right now, but I've told...

That's the thing, I don't have any acorns, and I think that even if I knew of any white oaks in the vicinity, the acorns are probably gone now, or I'd probably have to fight some squirrel or deer for them. I also can't find any acorns for sale in any online nurseries. I only recently learned...

Hi all! I've been wanting to make room for a couple of white oaks on our woodland because of their benefit to such a wide range of wildlife, but I'm not finding much in the way of information on when to plant saplings. In my web searches, I'm finding several sites that advise growing from acorn...

On a side note, I'm hoping the OP is only removing the invasive buckthorns? Those would be the common buckthorn and glossy buckthorn. There are several other native species of the genus, such as carolina buckthorn that is beneficial to birds and other wildlife. Michigan Univ. Extension has a...

I read some years ago (I can't find the link now) that said once the conks are present there might be 3 to 5 years left in lifespan for the tree. This other arborist site gives the range at 10 to 15, but this includes the time period BEFORE the conks are present. Further down is the most key...

I'm pretty sure those are ganoderma conks. We've seen those on a few of our woods trees, and they definitely will, in time, kill the tree. It's root rot, usually caused by mechanical (lawnmower/trimmer) damage. They'll form on wounds on the base/lower trunks and on exposed roots, which sure...

We'll probably never hear from the OP again, but thought I'd add... there's always this option, and you won't have to worry about hurting your tree: https://www.amazon.com/Household-Essentials-12-Line-Outdoor-Umbrella-Style/dp/B000BO96W8 Got ours at Amazon years ago now, and it has been worth...

Excellent pictures! Those shots took me way back to a time I lived with my folks on a large-ish property with an edge to the "wild lands." (That pic with the tin-roofed building and the extreme vegetation reminded me of the first season of that TV show, True Detective, where they found that...

Is it just me, or are those trees planted WAY too close to that porch foundation?? I know there's hundreds of different types of Japanese maples, so I have no idea how big these trees will get, but still... it looks like they put it a few inches from that wall! That would make me extremely nervous.

They got planted yesterday! The first one is just to the south of our tiny pond, and the second is on the other side of our service road, north of the culvert and our pond. Here's some pics of their location: Pictures are taken while facing east; our house is behind me, and south is to the...

I think you might be over-worrying about this. I have a feeling some of the guys here are going to give you the old saying, 'Don't fix what ain't broken.' There are many threads here posted by people with perfectly healthy trees, some of them even leaning ones, that have been told that. With a...

I don't doubt it. Have you tried to plant more where the old sassafras used to be since your little saplings got bush hogged over? It turns out that the little shoots that mature sassafras trees send out are hard to establish once they're out of the ground. The little saplings I got from CT just...

That first batch I got from a group in CT, and I *think* they just might make it, but still not sure. I ordered a couple more from my favorite nursery and they came in yesterday; Missouri Wildflowers Nursery here: http://mowildflowers.net/ I've spent a LOT of money with these folks! They're...

This sounds wonderful, amberg. :) They smelled wonderful coming out of their package, so I really hope these little saplings will make it. They're looking terribly pitiful right now having been shipped to me from Connecticut, but they're sitting in their pots in the bay window away from the...

Thanks ATH!! There's other trees down there, so maybe I'll move it to where it'll get some shade in the afternoon when it is hottest. At least until they get tall, and with the access to water, they certainly will, I think. Good morning, and have a great rest of the week, ATH and all...