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In the fall last year we had a 25 ft Cherry tree come down (not in a storm-just fell down one afternoon). Now I notice we have another much smaller one that's rotten/eaten all down one side of the trunk.
Is there something specific that attacks Cherry trees, or do we just need someone to come out and spray all our trees with a broad spec insecticide?
We have in excess of 200 trees in the yard. mix of pines, oaks, bradford pears, tulip trees,dogwoods,pecans etc etc.
A lot of ornamental 'flowering' trees (dogwood, cherry)don't have life expectancies of more than 50 years. If the tree is 25 foot tall it may be at the end of its life.
Sorry, no idea.
Not very good with trees here yet, but neighbor said it was a Cherry.
How can I tell? Doesn't get blosom so I assume not flowering cherry!
I will take pic and post tomorrow.
The one that is rotten down one side now is only about 15ft tall and trunk diameter is about 6-7 inches.
As an earlier poster said, cherry trees don't live especially long, in many cases 50 years would be exceptional. This is especially true of non native ornamental cherries. It wouldn't suprise me if your cherry trees are reaching the end of their useful lifespan.
Sorry, no idea.
Not very good with trees here yet, but neighbor said it was a Cherry.
How can I tell? Doesn't get blosom so I assume not flowering cherry!
I will take pic and post tomorrow.
The one that is rotten down one side now is only about 15ft tall and trunk diameter is about 6-7 inches.
The one that came down last year was about 12"
a picture should help, it may still be too early for blossoms. ornamental and 'eating' cherries don't get nearly as tall or as big in diameter and tend to branch in a globe pattern, while black cherry trees have a more 'upright' shape like a shade tree.
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Originally Posted by Rtom45
As an earlier poster said, cherry trees don't live especially long, in many cases 50 years would be exceptional. This is especially true of non native ornamental cherries. It wouldn't suprise me if your cherry trees are reaching the end of their useful lifespan.
so called 'eating' cherries, sweet and sour, and ornamentals may not be long-lived, but black cherries can easily go 100-150 years, no problem.
a picture should help, it may still be too early for blossoms. ornamental and 'eating' cherries don't get nearly as tall or as big in diameter and tend to branch in a globe pattern, while black cherry trees have a more 'upright' shape like a shade tree.
I don't think they're ornamental as never seen any blossom on them in 3 yrs and they are definitely more of a canopy tree.
We have such a lot of trees that it's really difficult to try and look up and see what belongs to which tree
so called 'eating' cherries, sweet and sour, and ornamentals may not be long-lived, but black cherries can easily go 100-150 years, no problem.
I'm assuming that many of the trees have been here for a lot of years as the subdivision was created in the 60s from farming land when Duke power dammed and flooded the valley to create the lake.
I also wanted to ask if it's bad practice for us to leave many of the fall leaves in our wooded areas around the base of the trees.
We do collect and burn or compost ones from the lawn and flower /shrub areas but with just over an acre collecting all the leaves from the wooded areas would be an even more mammoth task!
, but black cherries can easily go 100-150 years, no problem.[/quote]
I certainly don't disagree with that. I just assumed from the list of trees in the post that these were trees that were planted around the property. If thats the case, I assumed that they were some kind of ornamental cherry. As always, a good quality picture takes a lot of guesswork out of the reply.
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