Sweet Gum Tree No Balls

When i m pulling a wagon full of kids they can make travel difficult.

Sweet gum tree no balls. A tree that is a candidate for the injection must have a trunk at least 2 inches in diameter and the tree cannot have received a spray or soil treatment within two weeks. The first couple years of my sweet gum tree it grew the little spikey balls but the last two years it hasn t grown any. Simon has crashed his bike more than once when his front tire hit one. Could it be the acidity in the ground.

This plant s genus. It is theoretically possible to eliminate the balls each year but it is a difficult process. If your sweet gum is too tall to spray or if you don t want to attempt spraying a small tree you can stop fruit production by having a certified arborist administer a trunk injection. The tree s dark grayish brown twigs bear unusual corky ridges that lend the tree a peculiar angularity.

If you re afraid of the messy gumballs or seed pods produced by many sweetgums look for a non fruiting variety of this popular tree. The certified arborist will inject the. The only thing i have done is trim branches. It is currently classified in the plant family altingiaceae but was formerly considered a member of the hamamelidaceae.

American sweetgum are deciduous trees prized for their star shaped leaves that turn a mix of brilliant fall colors. Let s not forget about the beauty of the sweet gum ball tree itself. The chemical ethepon florel releases ethylene gas when it is sprayed onto the tree branches while sweetgum flowers are present in spring. The one major flaw of this deciduous tree is the hundreds of spiny woody.

Sweet gum is one of the main valuable forest trees in the southeastern united states and is a popular ornamental tree in temperate climates. Are there male and female sweet gums and mine just has an identity crisis. Despite these nuisances we always slow down to take a look and to collect the unusual alien balls we always end up with. It brings all the same charm that other sweetgum trees do.

This large tree provides shade in the summer gorgeous orange red and yellow leaves in the fall and is a great privacy barrier. The fruit it bears provides food for many animals including squirrels wood ducks whitetail deer birds and beavers. The spiky seed pods of the sweetgum tree are a nuisance to many gardeners. I ve twisted my ankle on them more than once.

A fast growing tree the sweetgum offers plenty of shade while growing well in a vast range of soils and moisture levels. Sweetgum are native to the southeastern united states and belong to the altingiaceae family. The roundleaf sweetgum is well known as the tidy alternative to fruiting sweetgum trees. On our typical route there are 3 trees that bear these weird little balls.

Any idea to what is up. It is recognizable by the combination of its five pointed star shaped leaves and its hard spiked fruits. Additionally the sweet gum s spiky gum balls hang conspicuously from the tree s smaller.