Maple tree dilemma
Heidi M
10 months ago
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Comments (6)Did you try the tree forum? It is frequented by folks who know something about tree removal as well as tree types and they may have some alternatives or ideas. That said, I also have a silver maple, though not removing mine at present. I would think, you can do whatever you want, but you have to decide what you want to end up with. A major difficulty in growing stuff under a silver maple is the competition from the LIVING tree, which sucks up water and sends more roots/rootlets wherever you water or fertilize. Second, the act of digging, planting, adding soil etc over the living tree roots can hurt the tree so is always a balance when gardening under a tree. Third the live tree makes lots of baby trees. I suspect all of that would be less of a problem with a dead tree! But, you would still have big humpy roots. So of course you can cut down the tree and leave stuff behind in the ground. You just have to decide how you think you will like it--and of course you could do something later. Since you can often get groundcovers to grow under a maple, you could probably get good coverage over the area once the tree is dead. However, you would have different sun/shade issues so would have to take that into account. You could also grind out holes/areas for shrubs amongst the groundcover, but would have to consider what it all would look like with stump, roots. Someone else may have tried this and had good or bad results...See MoreDon't forget your maple and birch trees are "fruit" trees too
Comments (3)I'm tempted, but I have too many kitchen things going all the time as it is! My little passions for this and that (making jam, bread, beer, pasta, tortillas ... ) take up a lot of space already. I remember your earlier thread, and we have five very large maples (silvers and sycamore maples, i.e. acer psuedoplatanus) and I'm sure we could get a couple of gallons at least, but I'd best resist. Thanks for the link, though. It's interesting....See MoreDeborah Maple Tree (Common Name: Norway maple)
Comments (7)norways also tend to have surface roots.. down thru the decades.. and with their very dense canopies ... might cause nothing to be grown under them ... including potential inability to grow grass .. keep in mind... i am talking 20 to 40 years from now ... also keep in mind.. you can always plan on removal ... somewhere down the line ... my usual deadline was the season i could take it down for free ... as my drop dead decision season ... my favorite trick.. is to google up the latin name ... and then read up. AND .. flip to google images ... to SEE ... the future ... your reliance on common names ... is part of what is holding you back.. to get good info ... ken PS ALL trees can split on the sun side in winter.. its more a function of proper planting .. and proper after care ... and maybe some winter protection for the first few years.. rather than a trait of a given tree ... in other words.. its a stress reaction ... PPS: it would be nice.. to know more about your whole property and goals and stuff ... you have done quite a few posts here .. and frankly.. i hope you have some acreage .... maybe you addressed this in some other post.. or maybe you could start a new post on the whole process ... first to this page to find the latin ... i see it in 1st link ... https://www.google.com/search?q=Deborah+Maple+Tree&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 then using such .. this link https://www.google.com/search?q=Acer+platanoides+%27Deborah%27&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 then to this link https://www.google.com/search?q=Acer+platanoides+%27Deborah%27&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjoiPrgsb7MAhVHmoMKHb-ZB_kQ_AUIBygB&biw=935&bih=745&dpr=0.9...See MoreTree or shrub seedling under maple tree
Comments (3)I meant to say crabapple, just had a brain freeze....See MoreHeidi M
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