Maple Tree: Sugar vs. Silver - Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
Nov 25, 2013 · Tap root trees (oak, sugar maple) 1.5 times that. If the OP is in love with maples, I'd suggest a tree form amur maple, or Hot Wings tartarian maple. Also many maples are subject to aphids, which excrete sticky honey-dew, which then gets sooty mold.
Sugar Maple | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
May 18, 2016 · Here is a quick update on the Sugar Maple. All I asked for was the 8' trunk, all the upper branches another wood burner took. Wow this was a big a$$ tree so after cutting the trunk up into 5 pieces I got 3 loaded on my manure spreader trailer and headed for home.
Will a woodpecker attack a healthy maple? | Arborist, Chainsaw
Jan 2, 2005 · I've had my eye on a nice sugar maple probably about 28" DBH, tall and straight, probably about 30ft to the lowest limbs or so.... on my sister's property and I finally got an alaskan mill for christmas, but todays I was out looking around and I noticed about 1/2 way up from the ground to the lower limbs there is a woodpecker hole about 6" high ...
Sugar Maple Roots | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
Jul 1, 2005 · I have sugar maple that I planted about 16 years ago. I put it 17 ft from the back of the house. I now have substantial lateral root growth at and just below the ground surface. They have lifted the patio stones behind the house and are growing toward the back of …
Large sugar maple tree needs pruned | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree …
Mar 4, 2004 · I have a sugar maple thats about 30-34" across, and it has some limbs off to the side i would like to prune to gain better access under the tree. The limbs are about 8 to 10 across. Is a tree ever too large to prune? Is there a rule about how much % …
Sugar Maple distance from Septic tank | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree …
Jul 26, 2008 · Hello All, I have a Sugar Maple that I will be picking up from a tree farm here next week. They are keeping it for a week after digging it out and packing the root ball in burlap to make sure it doesnt go into shock, I guess Anyway my question is how from the septic tank is a safe distance with a sugar maple? From what Ive seen online they have ...
sugar maple branches dying - why? - Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree …
Jul 9, 2021 · See images below. Tree is probably 20 (?) years old. Along a gravel road so no road-salt in winter. Some of the branches on the NE side of the tree seemed to die last summer. Some leafed out this year (not all, some), but the leaves are dying off (red rectangle). Some of the tips seem to be growing little leaves (red arrow) but sparse.
Sugar Maple Bark Peeling - Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
May 20, 2009 · The bark is not what I would expect to see for a sugar maple, but I have learned that regional variances together with species variances are huge on many trees. These trees also look like they might have suffered storm damage in the past. Your tree with the splitting bark looks like it comes down from a co-dom up high.
Help with really tall sugar maple - Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work …
Jun 14, 2016 · Most pros on this site view 120'+ as really tall. Your tree is about 20'. Trees in their native environment grow tall quickly to outgrow it's competition for light. It then widens as it reaches its height limit. Considering sugar maples naturally reach 80-120' tall, now might be the time to decide if this is the right tree for this location.
40 year old sugar maple struggling | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree …
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