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| This is my first summer in this home. I have several mulberry trees on the property and all are fine except the one pictured. I think it is a fruiting mulberry tree as all the others are fruiting (with the exception of one). I don't know what the tree looked like last year. I've had many mulberry trees in the past and they have always seemed to be hardy trees. Any ideas about what could be wrong with this one? Should I just have it taken out?
Cheryl |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 3, 12 at 10:05
| male trees do NOT fruit ... how close are those power lines.. is the field behind indicative of drought??? i am getting a real hate on for the mulberry on my property .. and but for the kids enjoying them.. i would be done with all those weed trees ... is there some reason you have to have them??? one would think there might be dozens.. if not hundreds of options.. other than a tree that makes birds poop purple.. and for some reason.. will fly all the way out front to your driveway.. to do it all over your car ... whats that all about ... drought??? .. more specifically.. last year???? ken |
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| No drought. In fact the tree is planted in a lawn and gets plenty of water...I just bought the house and the trees were planted long ago. I agree these fruiting trees are pests along with the several liquidambers which drop their little hard balls and I may just have this sick tree removed. Cheryl |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 3, 12 at 14:16
| In fact the tree is planted in a lawn and gets plenty of water ==>> no BROWN LAWN.. IS GETTING ENOUGH WATER .. and if it is brown.. that tells us.. it is dry below the grass level .. where the trees roots are ... dig a 2 foot deep hole ... and FIND OUT.. what moisture there is.. where the tree has its roots .. i fear.. you are making presumptions ... that MAY NOT BE true ... [surely i might be wrong also.. lol] what about the power lines .. my mulberry is twice the size of that one... ken |
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| You are right...it is dry in the root area. I have placed a hose at the tree and am letting it run to thoroughly water the root area. I hope I have not let it get too dry for too long. The tree is not infringing upon the power lines. Thank you for your input. Cheryl |
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