Deer stripped this Arkansas black and this canker formed, should i chop it out after the tree goes dormant?

Anyone think its an unhappy tree?

Hi, wanting to take the center trunk out of this privet at the line shown in the 3rd picture. Carpenter bees completely hollowed out the base, and the center trunk is flexing abnormally easy, and you can see in the 2nd picture where it's actually splitting. Can I take the trunk out, or should I just cut down the whole tree (don't really want to do that if I can avoid it). Thanks for the advice.

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I have a question regarding a red oak prune in South Texas. I have a red oak in my front yard that has a significant amount of limbs at and slightly over the second story of my house.

Is it advisable to trim one of the main feeder to the limbs that I need to have cut back. Will it kill or damage the tree?

I know little of the art of the prune and have a tree guy coming to trim other trees in the back yard. TIA

Hate to cross post but it’s hard to find info about this online. Thanks

Hi, I just bought this Eastern Redbud today from a local nursery. I live in Howard County Maryland, USA, zone 7A, this tree is native here.

i have never planted a tree before.

The nursery associate recommended cutting off the secondary trunk near the base of the tree. I asked him some questions and it seemed like he was saying it was just an aesthetic choice. I figured I’d think about it and do some googling at home.
Well, after googling, I’m worried whether it will impact the structure and stability of the tree… is the junction tight enough that it will cause problems or be a risk of splitting?
basically I’m asking, should I cut it off? Because aesthetically I am happy with two trunks. But my top priority is the health of the tree.

(photos: included zoomed in pics near the base of the tree to show the junction. There is a third vertical piece growing which I guess is a sucker but not certain, but I’m more focused on the two trunks. One is obviously thicker and taller than the other. Included a full pic too but unsure if necessary, the tree in question is on the right.)

thank you thank you!!🩷

Anybody have or know where I can get a free digital copy of the book?

I don’t want to spend $70 on it if I don’t have to

Hello! These pines were planted in my back yard (suburb of cleveland, OH) 8 years ago. They now all have spots with brown pines. I would like to prevent them from dying since this is the main privacy we have in our backyard. We already had to remove 4 completely dead ones in May
'26. Any suggestions on why this happens or anything I can buy (fertilizer, etc) to stop them from dying? Thanks!

This is a recently planted 45 gallon Monterrey Oak (Mexican While Oak) tree that is curved at the top. Should I do anything to straighten it out? Tie a stake to straighten it or cut it next to another branch to create a new leader? Thanks for any advice!

Currently have a row of Taylor junipers that were recommended and planted by a landscaping company years ago. the intention was a privacy hedge. they’re about 15-20ft tall but only 2ft wide max and have about 3ft spaces in between. therefore, no privacy at all. they’re not awful looking, but just getting a bit scraggly looking even with appropriate fertilizing, etc.

wanting to have a do-over and actually get the privacy hedge we intended on. a tree company came out and recommended just cutting them down at the base and leaving the stump and roots underground and planting new evergreen trees that get a little wider in between those stumps (in those 3ft spaces in between the current trees). they said they never pull stumps out and always leave them. the new trees would be planted about 1.5ft from the old stumps.

thoughts on the recommendation to leave the stumps/roots? would we need to get those stumps/roots out for the new trees to be healthy?

Every Fall my Witch Hazel bifurcates its leaf color. One side bright yellow, and the other side orange/red. Do you suppose this was due to a grafting?

Trying again since last one died since I didn’t move it to new pot soon enough and it went on brown

Repot this new one from HD and it’s going brown slightly is that normal? Roots were pretty tight and I was hoping to keep it in pot.

anyone know what caused this hole in my tree In my backyard ? This is red oak (~35 yrs old) in Fort Worth TX and I don’t believe we have woodpeckers (def have not heard them).