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  1. 02-03-2017, 11:08 PM #1
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    Default What's going on with this tree?

    This is a Sweet Gum that I've never figured out why it's as screwy looking as it is. There are a few others with similar 'knots', but nothing as drastic as this.

    Any idea what caused it? The tree is at least 25-30 years old and while smaller than others, always appears healthy.

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    Nematoads.

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    Ribbed for her pleasure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin4 View Post
    Nematoads.

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    You sound like SW. Thought he was in a league of his own, but guess not, Grasshopper.

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    Ribbed for her pleasure.
    Are you seducing an elephant or something?
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    Former growth around vines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quercus Alba View Post
    Former growth around vines.
    This or old fence line.
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    It's a damn sweetgum. Nothing will kill it.
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    Looks like a good candidate for some chainsaw work.
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    It needs to die.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quercus Alba View Post
    Former growth around vines.
    I think you've hit it. The previous owner of the property, the developer, cleared all the vines on the two lots I bought because he was going to build here, but changed his mind just days before we came rolling along. I'd forgotten how thick this place was with vines since I keep it fairly cleared out from them growing back.

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    This or old fence line.
    The closest barbed wire fence is about 30 yds at the property line.

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    Looks like a good candidate for some chainsaw work.
    I've thought about it, but it's one of those unusual ones that isn't in the way on the far side of the garage so thus far it has avoided my wrath. We'll see...

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    It's a sub species of gum known as a Cromer
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