Tag for questions asking how to look after trees.
Tag for questions asking how to look after trees.
Questions tagged [tree-care]
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Why is fruit of my sweet cherry tree shrinking and disappearing?
I have a 10+ years old sweet cherry tree. I applied only minimal pruning throughout these years, and it grew (by itself) into a beautiful natural-looking 6m/20ft high pyramidal tree, with central leader and almost horizontal main branches. The…
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Tree rot & weeds growing from the rot?
I don't if this is rot where several large branches meet. It is soft and dark colored matter, almost like compost. I was able to peel off a patch (see circled area in the first picture). Prompted by this, I poked into the lichen at a different…
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Dying Pink lemon tree
I got a pink lemon tree from a nursery last summer. I’m in San Antonio. I made the huge mistake of putting her in the ground during the summer. It is a well drained area. She’s done pretty well until about November when all the leaves fell off.
It…
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What are these black spots on my tree trunk?
I had some deer damage on a sweet bay magnolia tree. After a week or so of covering the damage with the pictured white tree guard I noticed all these black spots underneath. What are these spots and should I apply something to remove them?
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Should I put more soil / compost to cover bottom of cherry blossom tree?
I just planted this Yoshino cherry tree late last year.
But I have been wondering if I didn't bury it deep enough. Should I pile up more compost around the trunk where the red line is?
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Curly new growth on cherry tree
My new cherry tree just arrived and all of its new growth seems to be in bunches of super close and curly leaves. Is this normal? There are flowers budding at the top which makes me think the tree isn’t dying but I’m new to this and wanted to see if…
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What can I do for an Acer garnet's leaves looking dull and dry
Hi I'm a bit worried about my Acer garnet. I bought it in March and it was planted in a new garden along with another Acer palmatum. The Covid virus stopped all work on the new garden so although it was watered little else was done . Now the weather…
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How to save overwatered, deleaved bonsai?
Let me start off with I know what I did to damage it, and looking to find out if I can undo it.
Long story short, I was an idiot and left my very happy Fukien Tea in the rain. I came back to everything soaked, brown, and falling off. It's got like…
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What will help a sappling Silver Birch which is struggling after repotting?
My girlfriend received a silver birch sappling as a present at Christmas as a memorial for a dead relative. A month ago we repotted it into a large pot. We placed broken tiles in the base for drainage and filled it with general compost and a small…
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How do I make corner lot more private?
We live on corner lot. Row of deciduous firs were planted too far apart or are at maximum height now leaving street level exposed at side of house and front of house.
House faces South.
No height limit on green walls. 6’ limit on man made walls.…
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How do I tame my Dwarf Umbrella tree?
My favorite house plant, I've had it for about 5 years now is growing far and wide. She was in a very sunny window for the first 4 years (I know that's not as directed) but she was super happy and grew slowly but healthy and full. when I moved I…
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What to do about damaged tree trunk bark
I have a young tree (<5 years old; about 1.5" trunk diameter). I do not know the species of tree, but am told it is common to my area of Southern Ontario, Canada.
Unfortunately, the tree has had its trunk bark damaged all the way around.
How should…
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Is this tree a parasite?
I have a big tree in the garden (left in the picture).
On one of its roots, another smaller tree is growing (right in the picture).
It looks odd, almost as if the smaller tree is growing into the root of the bigger one.
The roots of the smaller tree…
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Avocado tree growing unhealthy - Brown spots, frizzle leaves
The issue: I have a 1.5 year old Avocado tree which has been growing for the worse since the summer.
The medical history:
(Lots of pictures ahead)
It started before I did its first pot change. It started looking dried and gloomy (after a quite…
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How to handle walnut tree root damage?
We recently started some construction work that involves digging around a beloved walnut tree and the workers hit some of the roots. (Europe)
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the tree -…
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