Homstead Elm Leaves turning yellow

QuestionHello We planted a tree (Homestead Elm) 7 days ago. We live in Northern Ky the temp have been in 100 everyday. We have watered deeply everyday. The soil is mussey to touch under the mulch. The leaves are tu

Black walnut safe radius to dig around trunk

Question Tree base Tree canopy Hello Jim. I have a black walnut that my wife and I are extremely fond of and would like to have a cement patio poured near the tree in order to take advantage of the shad

Pruning a Chinese Pistache tree 2?

QuestionMatthew, I asked a question a few days ago about pruning a Chinese Pistache tree, and you answered my question. Below is a summary of that question and answer, but i did have a follow-up question. OR

Dry Leaves on Canadian Reds

QuestionWe have several Canadian Red Chokecherry Tree in our yard that have been there for 2 or more years. This year we have had very dry winds and now on 2 of the trees all of the leaves have dried out

Red Oak Tree/Leaning close to house

Question Red Oak #1 Red Oak Back House #13 Jim, I have lived in this house 22 years. I believe this Red Oak Tree has leaned as you see in enclosed pics for all of this time, though I didnt pay much att

More photos

Question Red Oak #15 Red Oak #18 These are photos of roots/base of tree AnswerIt looks like the tree is dying--the foliage is thin and sparse looking. I would recommend that you take the tree down.You

Crack in bark?

Question Red Oak #20 Red Oak #22 Crack in bark? Is this a crack or it it a normal part of developing bark? Does it signify a problem? Its the only one I noticed on the trunk but, of course,

Neighbors tree roots

QuestionI am replacing my sidewalk on the side of my house and the roots from several trees from my neighbors yard are just below the surface that caused the uplifting in the sidewalk. My neighbor said it was

WATERING NEWLY TRANSPLANTED TREES

QuestionI live in an urban are which used to have beautiful treem but have been cut down about thirety years ago, recently, I have managed to get the city to replace several trees in front of my house.The trees are

Maximum Life Span of Trees and Plants.

Question Tree Plant Dear Matthew http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tree_genera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant http://en.w

which tree is best to plant

QuestionWe had two honey locust trees in our backyard, but they were beginning to compromise the 4 retaning wall with our neighbor so we had them cut down in February 2012. Our yard faces South and West. I thought a

Possible disease of oak trees

QuestionI have 3 oak trees on different parts of our property that have carpenter ants eating on them, but I know they are just eating on the trees, because something else has damaged them. Im going to try Sevin dus

Broken Limbs

QuestionWe have a Bradford Pear in our front yard. Over the past month or so, we have had four limbs break out of the tree. As Ive read, most of them break at the trunk, but these are breaking midway down the branch

web worm on Honey locust trees

QuestionOur 2 trees are about 38 years old and are very tall! We have had the web worm treated for the past 8 years and have had no problems, but it is expensive. Is there a height at which the web worms no longer a

dying or sick tree?

QuestionI submitted this question a couple days ago but Im not sure it got submitted correctly? Anyway, I have a tree on our property that my husbands just loves. Not sure what kind. Aspen maybe? Anyway, there were

oak tree galls:

QuestionI have an oak tree in my back yard. Part of my back yard is covered with very small brown balls that jump like mexican jumping beans. A friend called tham oak tree galls. My question is ;can they cause

Honey Locust tree problem

QuestionOur Honey Locust tree was planted last year. It did great, leafed out this year and looked very good for about 5 weeks, then the leave turned yellow and fell off in showers. The tree is trying to produce mor

COTTONLESS COTTONWOOD TREE

QuestionI REMOVE 7 COTTONLESS COTTON WOOD TREES AND HAD ALL THE STUMPS GROUND NOW I AM SPROUTING UP LITTLE TREES EVERY WHERE. HOW DO I KILL THEM AnswerThe roots are still alive. During the growing season tree

Red Oak Tree and Insects?

Question Red Oak Tree Bark Have a Red Oak tree in my back yard and noticed that its bark has become brittle and many boring holes exist/cracking? When I tap on trunk, ants/insects come out and appear to be th

Tree Issues

Question Tree in Front Yard Tree in Front Yard wit Hello, I have a couple questions about a tree I have in my front yard. I am concerned with it and hope you can help. I do not know what type of tree