r/arborists

We needed these tree cleaned up a bit… but I wasn’t expecting to come back to it cut this deep.

I noticed these two trees next to each other and both have what looks like saw cuts at the bottom. It goes around completely on both trees. No other trees in the area had this.

Encountered this specimen while on a walk with kids. Have never seen anything like it. Like a shrub growing inside the upper canopy of a tree.

Bask in its eternal glory and repent, heathens!

Trouble shooting for my elderly parents, they had a lower limb removed from their River Birch about 6 months ago and within the last month or so it has been leaking a yellow fluid. They are wondering if this is simply sap escaping now that the weather is warming up and things are thawing, or if there is a problem they should be on the look out for the tree such as some type of infection that could be causing it?

Been in this home 2 years. I think this tree was hit by lightning sometime during the previous home owners. it had retaining wall pavers which I have since removed and replaced with dead limbs. the problem is if this tree fails at the black spots, it has a great chance of falling on our home.

Is it as bad as I think it is? I feel like any arborist we call over will want to chop it down.

I've got this Canadian Red Cherry and I think its buried too deep due to soil sluffing and poor planting. I dug down and found these roots. Some are finer and some seem to be girdling the base.

What do now?

I think i need to carve away the ground around the trunk. Is it OK to cut what seems to be a girdling roots? whats up with the knee protruding?

Also, could this be why the tree is starting off so poorly?

These bags of mulch have been stacked around the trunk of this tree for close to a year now. I am concerned it is slowly killing the tree. It is it my tree but in my neighbors yard. I planted it years ago for the people who lived there and it provides nice shade in our driveway.

Many holes and many ants crawling all over the base of this tree along side what seems to be bark falling off naturally, is this the start of a long death? Location: National Forest in PNW

Hello! I have a mature apple tree planted about two feet away from the foundation of my house which I'm concerned about. It has three beautiful branches that all extend away from the house towards the west, but one is very low, extends almost horizontally, and bounces up and down significantly if any weight is applied. Is this branch fine like this, or would removing it be beneficial for the tree overall? I worry it may snap under snow weight eventually, but I don't want to kill the tree or destabilize it by removing it unnecessarily. Please let me know if you have any advice. Thank you!

I just got a call from the gentlemen who helps me out in the garden saying he pruned our holly. When I saw I was in disbelief as he cut the top of the main trunk, will it survive? Many thanks

At my parent's house, this old maple was starting to rot at the ridge of the branch that went over the house. The arborist says cutting it closer would hurt the tree since it's already starting to bloom, I feel like it could be a lot closer. Thoughts?

Moved into a 100 year old house with a fir tree, maybe 65 feet tall, in the yard. Previous owners were landscapers that had piled mulch up the trunk to the dark line for years. Trying to free the trunk up as I put mulch down.

Was doing yard work the other day when I realized our loblolly pine in the back is quite buried. Our yard is sloped towards this pine and I suspect that when that fence was built it started the gradual process of preventing all the leaf litter from moving further down hill. I would guess the fence is about a decade old, already in when we bought the house. As a result it looks like the years of “mulching” have gradually raised the soil level and now the pine is actually quite buried. I dug away what I could gently to get a good look and I can see the bark looks a little deteriorated but I don’t see rotting. Additionally the canopy looks full and healthy.

Is there any chance it will have acclimated to being slightly sunken since it would’ve been such a gradual process? Is there anything I can do to support it? It seems like an uphill battle to try to dig it out further since that would create sort of a bowl around the base and in this clay soil it’ll probably hold even more water. Unfortunately I have dogs and getting rid of the fence really isn’t an option

This little lemon tree seemed to be thriving until last summer when everything started to go downhill. The leaves started to appear burnt around the edges. It dropped almost all of its leaves in winter. I live in AZ and this year it got hot MUCH earlier than usual in late February so the poor thing went through two bloom cycles about a month and a half apart. The tree produced a TON of flowers and a handful developed into tiny lemons, yet when they got to about the size of a large bead, they turned black and fell off. I’d noticed the same thing last year with the fruit but didn’t have any issues with the leaves so I thought it may be a fungus and sprayed an antifungal with no effect. This year I fertilized in winter, and it looked like it may have been making a comeback with that first bloom cycle. I plucked most of the blooms so it could focus on recovering instead of making fruit, same for the second bloom cycle, but I just keep seeing these charred edges around the leaves, even new growth. I haven’t really changed anything in my watering habits. Am I overwatering? Please help!

My apologies if this isn't properly formatted. I am very worried about this Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) in my yard. It seems to be doing very poorly, and it is very important to me for sentimental reasons. I am unsure if it is due to a lack of sunlight, water, disease, or another factor. It is somewhat boxed in by other trees. Attached are some pictures, and I am happy to take more if they would be helpful.

Hey guys, I got a question about an old 020t top handle I found on marketplace

It's got a 12"bar, runs smooth and is maintained really well.

Visually it also looks good.

It's available for €245.

Is the saw worth the price?

Love to hear some opinions!

I have this young apple tree that looks like two apple trees side by side. While they're young I'm wondering if I should graft and combine the two main branches together into one branch, if I should just air layer then remove the smaller of the two branches or if there's something else I should do?