Hey all, Im back again. For those that dont know me, I am a videographer that specializes in filming arborists. Im 5000 subs into my second channel. My first channel was with Guilty of Treeson and he is now over a million subscribers.

Just wanted to drop another video for you all. If you havent seen the channel yet, I definitely recommend it! We are constantly putting out content. We were in talks with Discovery channel last summer but negotiations broke down and it never got my name up on tv but that should give you an idea of the type of content we put out. The drop zone on this one was the size of your typical bathroom and the tree was huge.

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Hi all,

I am looking to plant about 4 oak trees to offer a visual distraction from an electrical substation that was recently installed near my property.

Growing up, my parents had a handful of pin oak trees. They are very nice trees, but the limbs have a tendency to sag downwards which is problematic when trying to mow underneath.

The nursery I would like to purchase from seems to have a very good selection of Pin Oaks, and limited numbers of red or white.

Does anyone know if a white or red oak would be better from this perspective?

Tree is almost 3 ft in diameter, Sugar Maple. Girdling root is about 2.5 inches. Suspect scarring is being caused by this restriction, I’ve cleaned and covered those. There’s still good growth in the scarring, but it and matching cracks go up about 10 ft.

Should I cut? Obviously probably should have done when I first moved in 5 years ago, but didn’t realize these were an issue until recently.

This mold looking thing grows on my tree every year. Should I do something?

Nothing else to say other than I felt this was cool

Hi there,

I just found out our building's management is planning to cut down all the trees that are within ~5 feet of the buildings. They were very cagey about the reason, but eventually cited "changing insurance standards."

I'm absolutely heartbroken. These are large, mature trees in full bloom. (Mostly Jacarandas, but a few other kinds as well.) They provide so much shade and noise protection from the street, and they're just plain beautiful. I can't imagine living here without them.

Is there any way to protest this decision? Is the "changing insurance standards" an issue with the cost rising if we have trees or does having the trees make the building completely un-insurable? If all the tenants said we object to the trees removal, would that even matter? I also don't want retaliation from my landlord, since I was the only one that spoke to them about this. (Happened to see them surveying and went to talk to them.)

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Looking for advice or opinions on having a large Jeffrey pine on our property designated as some kind of heritage tree.  Apparently it's one of the biggest Jeffrey pines in the Tahoe Basin.  It's 18 feet in circumference, about 70 inches in diameter.  The power company previously agreed to not cut it down, but now they're considering moving the power lines closer to the tree (still on their easement), they may again want to cut it down. Perhaps we get better protect this tree if there's some kind of recognition for it. Any advice or opinions or pointers in getting some kind of official designation for it would be appreciated.

I'm located in Central Alabama. In several places around my yard (my yard is aprox 1.5 acres) I NEED shade. Due to soil quality in those places, I have few options for quick (within 10 years) shade without extravagent costs.

I had previously asked for suggestions. In that post and discussion it was obvious to me that I didn't make myself clear what the problem with the Sweet Gums are. My problem with the Sweet Gum Species of tree is that ¹they multiply so rapidly that they are choking out the hardwood trees that I am trying to nurture ²trying to remove them seems to make them multiply faster ³they do not supply shade.

If there's anything I can do to make them grow "out" at their top, PLEASE let me know! On my property Sweet Gums are equivalent to bamboo. BUT even bamboo would be better because of the "gumballs" that are EVERYWHERE.

HELP please.

I got this planted about 3 months ago and just noticed that it lost its leaves in the bottom part. Anyone know why?

I’ve watered it every 3 days using a sprinkler for about 25 mins. It gets good sunlight.