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Post by duff on Aug 14, 2019 7:36:23 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. Yes I should have said that was a joke. Those spiney balls are a nightmare
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 14, 2019 8:32:28 GMT -5
Since those are the only 2 parameters, what about weeping willow? LOL You must have skipped over the good shade tree part.
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Post by esshup on Aug 14, 2019 8:56:44 GMT -5
Mulberry trees grow fast and don't have acorns or nut hulls to worry about either.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 14, 2019 10:12:04 GMT -5
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. Yes I should have said that was a joke. Those spiney balls are a nightmare When I moved in here in 1986 we had over 20 trees in the back yard. From wind aka a tornado and just flat out dying we are now down to 8. 4 gums, 2 pecans, 1 Tulip and 1 unknown. Gone are 4 big oaks, 1 elm, 7 sassafras. plus some unknowns. The tulip was an add on. My ten year old grandson was living in an apartment and had no place to plant his Arbor Day tree he got at school. It was a stick..no bigger than a pencil. I told him sure. We planted it in the corner of the yard. That was 23 years ago, It is now the tallest tree in the yard.
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Post by jjas on Aug 14, 2019 11:04:58 GMT -5
Mulberry trees grow fast and don't have acorns or nut hulls to worry about either. But the birds eat the mulberries and crap all over the place...LOL.
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Post by duff on Aug 14, 2019 11:14:41 GMT -5
Yes I should have said that was a joke. Those spiney balls are a nightmare When I moved in here in 1986 we had over 20 trees in the back yard. From wind aka a tornado and just flat out dying we are now down to 8. 4 gums, 2 pecans, 1 Tulip and 1 unknown. Gone are 4 big oaks, 1 elm, 7 sassafras. plus some unknowns. The tulip was an add on. My ten year old grandson was living in an apartment and had no place to plant his Arbor Day tree he got at school. It was a stick..no bigger than a pencil. I told him sure. We planted it in the corner of the yard. That was 23 years ago, It is now the tallest tree in the yard. I like tulip tree for shade. I dont like any tree hanging over my house
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Post by esshup on Aug 14, 2019 18:36:45 GMT -5
Mulberry trees grow fast and don't have acorns or nut hulls to worry about either. But the birds eat the mulberries and crap all over the place...LOL. But the only 2 things that he asked for was no nut hulls and no acorns. LOL What about Catalpa? No nut hulls, no acorns and if he's lucky he'll have Catalpa worms to go fishing with!
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Post by treetop on Aug 14, 2019 19:10:09 GMT -5
Mulberry trees grow fast and don't have acorns or nut hulls to worry about either. And yet another good pick Do you guys dislike this poor guy
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Post by treetop on Aug 14, 2019 19:13:00 GMT -5
Crimson King Maple are nice looking but don’t grow super fast
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 14, 2019 20:03:17 GMT -5
Catalpa is a good choice. Or grow the other two and when you get tired of them cut them down?
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Post by esshup on Aug 14, 2019 21:20:30 GMT -5
Mulberry trees grow fast and don't have acorns or nut hulls to worry about either. And yet another good pick Do you guys dislike this poor guy Wild Cherry is another one that has about the same results as Mulberry. LOL
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 15, 2019 6:51:10 GMT -5
Mulberry trees grow fast and don't have acorns or nut hulls to worry about either. Had one of those at the corner of the horse lot at my grandparents house. Wouldn't call it a good shade tree either; not enough leaf cover for shade. Although I did like snacking on the berries.
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 15, 2019 6:53:46 GMT -5
But the birds eat the mulberries and crap all over the place...LOL. But the only 2 things that he asked for was no nut hulls and no acorns. LOL What about Catalpa? No nut hulls, no acorns and if he's lucky he'll have Catalpa worms to go fishing with! You are still forgetting the prerequisite of being a good SHADE tree.
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 15, 2019 6:57:07 GMT -5
But the birds eat the mulberries and crap all over the place...LOL. But the only 2 things that he asked for was no nut hulls and no acorns. LOL What about Catalpa? No nut hulls, no acorns and if he's lucky he'll have Catalpa worms to go fishing with! One of our neighbors has a catalpa and it does have big leaves. I will have to look closer at how full the leaf cover is on their tree. I like the side benefit of catfish bait that comes along with it!
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Post by duff on Aug 15, 2019 7:01:04 GMT -5
But the only 2 things that he asked for was no nut hulls and no acorns. LOL What about Catalpa? No nut hulls, no acorns and if he's lucky he'll have Catalpa worms to go fishing with! One of our neighbors has a catalpa and it does have big leaves. I will have to look closer at how full the leaf cover is on their tree. I like the side benefit of catfish bait that comes along with it! They are great shade trees until the catfish bait shows up and takes every leaf. But they grow back fast
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Post by jbird on Aug 15, 2019 9:54:48 GMT -5
When I was a kid we had a basswood tree in the front yard in town. They drop hard little balls for seed. About like a firm dried soybean. This was particularly funny because they would fall on the concrete sidewalk. Turns a perfectly good sidewalk in to a skating rink!!!
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Post by steiny on Aug 16, 2019 13:13:47 GMT -5
Every type of tree has it's pros & cons and they all drop some type of debris at one time or another throughout the seasons. With exception of the cotton blowing in air for a short time, a cottonwood makes a fine shade tree and grows very quickly.
One of the cleaner ones we have in our yard is a big Tulip tree, it just loses lots of sticks and its leaves annually. One of our kids brought it home from school many years ago on Arbor day. The predominant trees in our yard are several great big Sycamores. They are dropping something just about all the time, but they sure are pretty and provide great shade on the house all summer long. I'm a fan of oak trees too, but they drop lots of sticks and of course acorns.
Probably my most unfavorite around the yard are Walnut trees. Leaves are last to come and first to go, and the walnuts make one heck of a mess. I've cut most of them down, but still have a couple left. Don't much care for the firewood from it either.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 14:11:13 GMT -5
Walnut trees are so bad, that deer don't even touch them
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 16, 2019 14:14:41 GMT -5
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