Oak tree thoughts
Em
3 months ago
Hi all! There are some beautiful trees on the property of the home we moved into a few months ago. There is one large oak tree in particular that really stands out. A couple of months ago I was approached by a young Arborer (late 30s) who told me the tree was about 60 years old and was diseased and he would cut it down for $4,000. We got a second opinion from an Arborer with decades of experience who said the tree was at least 100 years old and that there was nothing wrong with it and did not need to be cut down.
There’s something special about this tree and just want to learn more about it if possible. If there’s anyone out there with extensive Oak knowledge, I’d love to know your thoughts!
I posted some pictures as it is right now (it’s very damp and wet here) but can post more once this year’s leaves come in. I wish the pictures did justice, it’s really a beautiful tree.
For reference, it’s at least 40 feet in height and the very base of the tree is between 4 and 4.5 feet in diameter.
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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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Comments (23)Gang - here is my report from the historic area around Marietta Square. We have scads of dying or dead oaks. I know in my neighbor's yard there are 3 huge ones in various states of impending death. The one in the backyard which has mongo limbs that hang over my kids' play area (yikes!) DOES indeed have the tiny holes and sawdust all over the place. My other neighbor has a humongous oak that seems to be dying from some sort of rot from within. The base of the trunk has such a huge void underneath, a small child could hide in it. When you knock on the trunk, it sounds and feels like styrofoam! There is black gunk leaching out from other spots - the big branches split open to allow very weird white blobs of mushroomy things to burst forth and dangle there. Her other VERY large oak leans right over our house. So far, it is healthy, but I worry that the fungal situation could spread through the roots. By the way - thanks to all who responded to my Sick Tree posting. I think the Slime Flux diagnosis is right on. But the whole thing began with Ambrosia Beetles and was followed by fungus. I'm afraid all the trees in the neighborhood are suffering from the same problems. I also know we had a "tree guy" come out a few years back. He was one of those cool, funny, granola guys who was very relaxed, very "connected" to the trees! (A great character.....) He said some profound thing about the great old neighborhoods with the great old trees -- but just like our elderly people, the trees have a life span and it's not always as long as we expect....See MoreLive oak tree. When should a Live oak be dormant?
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Comments (3)Hi Ken, I am located in Toronto, Canada. The tree is still quite small--maybe 15 feet high and no one has ever climbed it with boot spikes. I'm not sure if that is a crack on the left of the black spots, but it does seem to be hollowing and I can stick a about an inch of a leaf stem into the hole or crack. The tree 'looks' ok at least to a non-expert like me as foliage seems full, but I did not notice any new growth shoots last season and wonder if this season will be the same. The tree had 3-4 springs/summers dealing with Gypsy Moth issues, but that seems to have decreased by 90% over the past two years and I was spraying with nematodes which seemed to do the trick. I'm just concerned the black area and potential crack/hole are the beginning of the end and I really like the tree (especially for a city tree!)....See More
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