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Post by omegahunter on Aug 12, 2019 20:18:34 GMT -5
Advice needed...
My wife planted some marigolds in a small pot. Not a one came up! However, a cottonwood got a start and is doing quite well. I have no idea where the nearest cottonwood is located!
We need a good shade tree for the yard, but I don't know if a cottonwood would make a good one or not. Especially when it starts releasing seeds.
I also have a tulip poplar that has started in the neighbor's landscaping that I can get if I want. Pretty sure it would make a pretty good shade tree with its big leaves.
Probably put the poplar in the front yard, but is the cottonwood worth planting in the backyard?
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Post by duff on Aug 13, 2019 4:40:06 GMT -5
Both grow fast. I would not want the CW in my yard due to the seeds but they only impact you for a couple weeks a year.
Both are better than a silver maple or Bradford pear trees.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 13, 2019 4:53:58 GMT -5
No Cottonwoods.
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Post by chewbacca on Aug 13, 2019 7:58:08 GMT -5
The cotton from the cottonwoods are very hard to clean out of an A/C condenser. They also cause the condenser to overwork due to clogging the baffles. There is a cottonwood about 2 blocks away from my house and the cottonwood gives me fits every year. I believe the devil put those trees on earth!
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Post by tomthreetoes on Aug 13, 2019 8:51:16 GMT -5
Tulip Poplars make a great shade tree, but in the summer time they drip sap and it's pretty sticky. Dad planted one near a chat walk way years ago and every time you walked under it the chat stuck to your shoes.
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Post by esshup on Aug 13, 2019 10:24:21 GMT -5
Agreed on the comments about the Cottonwood. Also if the house windows are open when the seeds are floating around you will be cursing yourself when you have to clean the window screens.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 10:52:45 GMT -5
You already answered yourself "I have no idea where the nearest cottonwood is located". Seeds go everywhere.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 13, 2019 11:19:04 GMT -5
You already answered yourself "I have no idea where the nearest cottonwood is located". Seeds go everywhere. There are several in the wooded area next to my property. There are times it looks like snow coming down and covering my yard. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 11:25:25 GMT -5
You already answered yourself "I have no idea where the nearest cottonwood is located". Seeds go everywhere. There are several in the wooded area next to my property. There are times it looks like snow coming down and covering my yard. I just checked to see if cottonwoods are good honey bee trees and it's no. So I'm not planting any. I do have 8 out of the top 10 for trees and one listed is west coast. So 8 of 9. Missing sourwood. |
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Post by jjas on Aug 13, 2019 14:09:05 GMT -5
When I lived in my old house, a lady across the street had a cottonwood in her yard. I offered to pay to have it removed and she wouldn't do it.
That should tell you how I feel about cottonwoods...
Tulip poplars are another tree that I'm not a fan of. They tend to drop their leaves early in hot, dry years and they are weak wooded trees which is problematic in Indiana with the amount of wind and ice storms we get. They are also susceptible to pests.
I'd pass on both...
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Post by treetop on Aug 13, 2019 16:41:21 GMT -5
Put roundup on both of them that’s all I got to say
They use to plant CW by barns years ago as a lighting rod so it would hit the tree instead of the barn
I do HVAC as said in a post they make me a lot of money 😀
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 13, 2019 18:26:11 GMT -5
A resounding NO on the cottonwood. 10-4!
The poplar could go out in the front yard where there is nothing to drip sap on and it would block the afternoon sun blazing against the house and in the big living room window.
Any suggestions for a good shade tree I would not have to worry about nut hulls or slinging an acorn through the siding?
Before the emerald ash borer I would have planted white ash and dealt with the spinner seeds.
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Post by esshup on Aug 13, 2019 18:54:10 GMT -5
Since those are the only 2 parameters, what about weeping willow? LOL
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Post by greghopper on Aug 13, 2019 18:56:14 GMT -5
I would go with a sugar maple 🍁 tree.
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Post by treetop on Aug 14, 2019 4:39:15 GMT -5
I would go with a sugar maple 🍁 tree. Nice color in the fall |
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Post by duff on Aug 14, 2019 4:47:32 GMT -5
Sweet gum for the win. Those seed heads are harmless and have great color in the fall too.
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Post by treetop on Aug 14, 2019 6:05:04 GMT -5
Sweet gum for the win. Those seed heads are harmless and have great color in the fall too. Another good pick |
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Post by tomthreetoes on Aug 14, 2019 6:24:36 GMT -5
Sweet gum for the win. Those seed heads are harmless and have great color in the fall too. Those harmless spiny balls hurt like heck when you step on them bare footed, they stop up gutters and drains. I've got one beside the house and after 45 years of raking gum ball out of the yard and drive way that sucker is coming down before the years out. |
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Post by jjas on Aug 14, 2019 6:59:44 GMT -5
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