Maple Trees

Anonymous-0 · May 9, 2014

Well it appears to be a good year for the silver maples. I got helicopters thicker than ticks on a hound this year.

Adirondack case guy · May 9, 2014

I read this differently. Around here the conifurs as well as disiduous trees bore a lot of seed, They are prepareing for harder times in the future by producing extras to compensate for poorer germination rates. Secientists haven't spent a lot of time genetically altering trees yet, but the trees have their own ways to adjust.
Loren, the Acg.

Tim Barnes · May 9, 2014

(quoted from post at 13:27:51 05/09/14) Well it appears to be a good year for the silver maples. I got helicopters thicker than ticks on a hound this year.

ame here in NW South Carolina. The japanese maple in my front yard put out more seed last year than I had ever seen. I have sprouts all over the yard. I've got my 25 year old son, who's out of work, digging them up and potting them. We will offer them for sale at our church's Fall bazaar.

Anonymous-0 · May 9, 2014

The one positive thing about having the tornado come thru. Nearly destroyed one large silver maple and severely damaged two others. Pruned the two damaged trees but with the exception of the trunk that didn't leave much. Tree specialist says both will recover in five years, just will mimimize the helicopters and fall leaves; both which are very good things. Would have removed them all and replanted something decent, but seriously considering relocating after fixing the damage and thoughts are it would bring more with big trees.

Mike(NEOhio) · May 9, 2014

You just can't seem to kill those silver maples. I had so many hickory nuts last fall I had to rake and haul them away so I wouldn't ruin the mower.

Billy NY · May 9, 2014

Are these the type of maple that are not desirable for firewood, have a very clear grain, looks like pine, but without the visible growth rings if you cut with the grain ?

Seems it would be and we had a bunch of these in an old fence line, that make up a nice privacy hedgerow. When they get old or older, they just split and the weather just hammers them. One of them, just across the lane here, 2/3's split off of it, to almost the base, leaving 1/3 and it was well over 20" diameter, more like 30" and I decided to leave that 1/3 because if the canopy was missing, it would leave such a big hole, the darned thing is thriving still. Black cherry will take a lot of damage too, they will hang on by a thread, I have this rotted trunk, that is horizontal by one of my tree stands and you really have to look at it, theres a whole darned tree attached to it and its thriving, for 20 years or more like that, amazing what some of these can tolerate.

sms · May 10, 2014

Some trees have mast years they produce so many seeds that critters can"t eat them all ensuring a new generation. Google it for more information if you like. Just type in "mast year".

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