Help with a corkscrew willow tree
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Dead/Sick Corkscrew Willow
Comments (1)Just to add, it was girdled by some landscaping fabric from whoever planted it. The fabric had cut in at least an inch deep all the way around the tree. I guess they weren't planning on it getting this large and didn't cut the fabric to allow for expansion. I wouldn't think that this would kill a tree like this, as it seems to conform to whatever it grows around, like the fence. I would estimate the age of the tree to be around 15 or 20 years....See Moreremoved a corkscrew willow tree
Comments (7)I'll drill a hole and pour concentrated glyphosate for few days. ==>>> thats NOT WHAT HE SAID ... you didnt kill it.. you decapitated it ... interior wood is structure.. not live.. the vital juices of the tree run thru teh cambian layer.. just below the bark ... use the very expensive applicator at the link.. and apply to the outer most quarter inch of a fresh cut trunk ... it should have been done immediately at cutting ... if any suckers appear.. clip with hand shears.. and apply one drip .. until it dies... minimal use.. precise application ... this is NOT a spray.. nor pour thing ken Here is a link that might be useful: link...See MoreSiting a Corkscrew Willow
Comments (8)willow isnt much of an heirloom tree ... fast to grow.. fast to shed limbs.. fast to die ... in tree years .... find the latin name.. then look to google images under such name ... some peeps say ... the root mass... though in a different form/shape.. can be twice as big as the tree seen above ... so using the link ... and looking at the maturer trees .... i would suggest.. 50 to 80 feet from your driveway... that will have to be a very large V ... i had willow at the old house.. i hate them.. with the passion of a million burning suns... unless you have a golf course ... or a park.. i suggest.. JUST ABOUT.. anything else ... or perhaps a gullible neighbor ... lol.. if you want corkscrew... research harry lauders walking stick .... a hazel ... a shrub much more suited to suburbia.... or smaller lots ... ken Here is a link that might be useful: i did it for you .. this time...See MoreCorkscrew Willow-issues
Comments (11)I think the willow was different. It looked like nectria canker, coral spot. IT was covered, absolutely covered, and the areas did look coralish. I've looked through diseases in my plant books so much, the bindings coming apart. I looked at it further, too tired to spray for naught. There was canker issues. I pruned some out, The bark down further on some branches (inside bark) was black. I gave up, another of 3 trees dead today. IT was a $6 thing years back, I shouldn't be sad. During construction and stuff heavy stuff was laid on roots (not that that would cause).. I probably pruned wrong in past. Soil was eroding, and too mushy right now... Lilac, I did spray, but am not too optimistic.. I dug around the roots abit.. nothing odd. But these things, if I scratch them off, the bark comes too so then there's the cambian (green). And they too look, odd. There's much more and base but there's not a twig uncovered. When small retaining wall was being rebuilt there this summmer, the stupid boy (the smart boy worked out front),did all kinds of odd things. a lot of this lilacs roots were cut and left hanging out. Then he accidently broked some stones (claimed they were old) so the rebuilt wall is about 8" lower than previous. That means all winter erosion, more of the lilacs feeder roots got exposed. I tried to prune a few yucky branches but couldn't find my good pruners (what else is new) and gave up for day. Also, odd horizonal very light marks across many of lilacs thicker branches, but not completely circling and not really breaking through the bark.. Found my 7-son has/had borers, some girdling root issues, korean spice rabbits have been girdling, a few others ... dwarf blue spruce rotted (my fault)... more.. Amy...See MoreDzitmoidonc
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