Layman here. This stump looks to me like the bark grew up over the cut after the tree was cut (or over the wound after the tree fell). Is that possible? Wouldn't the tree just die after being cut/falling?

Bought a house 6 years ago with some woods behind. Previous owner had a zip line between two trees that we never used or really thought about. Noticed the cable around the trees digging in to the bark, I tried removing it but the bark has grown over the cable in spots.

Would I be doing more harm by removing some of the bark to get the cable out? Should I just leave it be? The tree appears to still be healthy

Edit: Thank you. I will try to cut it into pieces and remove as much as possible without damaging the bark

Looks rotten on the inside?

Tons of free firewood, no mo pies tho.

Had some big storms up here last night, split her right in half. Power co is here now dealing with that wire, when theyre done, hope Pas ol chainsaw starts.

Should I try to call the company that owns this plaza? Group of fresh mulch volcanos spotted the other day....

Just planted the tree a month ago. It looks like it’s just part of the root flare, but the way it wraps down makes me worry about girdling. Also are the roots too exposed?

An Interesting find on a random TikTok video haha. I’m surprised one was able to get that big. I thought Tennessee winters might be too unpredictable and cold for the coastal redwood, especially in East TN. However, this one seems to be surviving somewhat

I’m curious maybe the winters in East Tennessee are more stable compared to middle and west regions in Tennessee? Middle and West Tennessee might have more unpredictability in fluctuating temperatures during winter that can affect the survivability.

Is there a way to trim back this crepe myrtle without killing it? It's been here for nearly 30 years and the trees around it shade it. There are four in the back yard in similar states and I'd love not to have to remove them since they've been here for so long. They don't get 6 hours of full sun but they green up every year. Any thoughts would be helpful.

I think I know the answer… but this thing needs to be cut down, ya?

I was told it was planted too deep so I removed some soil and exposed some of the roots. Does this look ok? Also wondering if these are girdling roots ☹️

Question about these river birches. New construction, these were all planted during building. The trees themselves seem healthy, they are heritage river birches. I like the trees themselves, but have done some reading about them messing up sidewalks and such. Wondering if these trees are going to be problematic, and it would be better to replace them with something before they get big? They're far enough from the house and the house is quite tall so not worried about foundation/gutter issues. But worried they might destroy this sidewalk, or even worse the concrete retaining wall to the left. That wall supports a fair amount of soil and my houses yard is about 6ft down from it so would be a big problem if it got damaged.

We recently moved into a house and this is one of the trees in the back yard. The area around the trunk was originally heavily covered in soil and plants which we removed.

I’m pretty sure I need to trim these down/remove them. I’m just wondering two things: 1. Best time of year to do it and 2. Best method.

Moving into a 100+ year old house is expensive so we don’t have the $$ to hire a professional on this one - the “professional money” is going to fix things that would burn down the house if we tried to DIY it.

poison oak… and ivy … and probably many other things have completely overtaken this tree.
how do i fix this ??

Middle of three photinias (I think?) suddenly started looking like this. I did some pruning to all three just after the spring bloom to let some light in the canopy, with the end goal of reducing the amount of overhang over the yard in a few seasons.

I noticed the middle photinia started looking odd last week. For context, I sprayed some 2-4d on the yard about a month ago to prep for over seeding in the fall, but was very cautious about over spray. No other plant has had a similar change.

It's at least 15 years old already and started leaning within the last five or so years.

My chokecherry tree looks to have peach borer damage. I found several empty pupas at the base, and the leaves suddenly became curled and crispy in the last couple of weeks. I’ve sprayed the base with permethrin, but I’m worried it is a lost cause. Any advice?

My chokecherry tree looks to have peach borer damage. I found several empty pupas at the base, and the leaves suddenly became curled and crispy in the last couple of weeks. I’ve sprayed the base with permethrin, but I’m worried it is a lost cause. Any advice?

Location: Tooele, UT. Planted it about a year ago. A late frost was making it look really sad this spring so we fertilized it, it grew way too many leaves and became really top heavy and ended up snapping in half. This basal stem popped up. Is it going to survive? Anything we should be doing to help it?