Curious if there's anything I can do for my live oaks after last week's freeze. Most still have green leaves but look kind of sickly. On one, the green leaves all turned brown. TIA!
Txmoe said:
Curious if there's anything I can do for my live oaks after last week's freeze. Most still have green leaves but look kind of sickly. On one, the green leaves all turned brown. TIA!
I've legitimately thought about it. Not sure if the HOA would care or not, but we are moving soon anyway. Praying that there aren't any at whatever new place we get.ABATTBQ11 said:
Cut them down and replace them with something that doesn't **** all over your yard.
txaggie_08 said:
Such hate for live oaks.
Live oaks are probably my favorite tree.
txaggie_08 said:
Such hate for live oaks.
Live oaks are probably my favorite tree.
SJEAg said:
Are leaves that big a deal with live oaks? Dump most of it and the pollen over a few week span. I only seem to get a lot of acorns every few years.
Can think of a lot of worse HOA trees to deal with...pine, trash trees like pears and ash, etc.
ABATTBQ11 said:SJEAg said:
Are leaves that big a deal with live oaks? Dump most of it and the pollen over a few week span. I only seem to get a lot of acorns every few years.
Can think of a lot of worse HOA trees to deal with...pine, trash trees like pears and ash, etc.
Yes. They're a PITA to rake up because they're so small, and they don't decompose. I end up using a blower to put them in rows and mulching them into a bag with a lawn mower. Even still, getting rid of them takes awhile because they fill up my trash cans. I can fill up the biggest trash and compost bins the city has and still only get half my yard done. By the next weekend, everything I picked up has been replaced. I don't do the paper bag thing because that is also a PITA (maybe even more), and I don't want to have to buy those bags.
Nobody is claiming they aren't good looking. It's just that maintenance is a pain if they're your live oaks.sleepybeagle said:
How can anyone hate a live oak? I think it's by far the most beautiful tree God ever created. The older they get the more beautiful they get.
Rufnek said:
I have planted over 100 live oaks on some property we own and they are anywhere from 15 years old to 30-gallon trees that have less than a year in the ground. After last week's freeze, I had many that the outermost leaves have turned brown. I spoke with an arborist that I have used in the past and he said don't sweat it. He did mention that 30 years ago in north Texas there were some live oaks that suffered splits in the bark after extremely cold weather but that he was not aware of any that had actually died from the cold weather. I think they are going to be fine.
A live oak is my favorite tree because they are both beautiful and live a long, long time. There is something about planting a tree today that generations after me will enjoy that really motives me to plant them. I also think there is proper place for them and in residential neighborhood with limited lot sizes is not where they belong.
What if said tree were to die first? You may be able to turn the tables then.Quote:
I want to cut it down but my city requires a permit for tree removal and they usually deny it if it's for cosmetic reasons.
Hmmm....where's my diesel....Ribeye-Rare said:What if said tree were to die first? You may be able to turn the tables then.Quote:
I want to cut it down but my city requires a permit for tree removal and they usually deny it if it's for cosmetic reasons.
Just a thought ...