New and Unread Tree-Mails
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Name: sdmtnbiker Texas (Zone 9a)  sdmtnbiker Apr 23, 2018 12:10 PM CST |
| Hi, I have a pine tree that has started growing about 4 feet from the house and about 18" from the driveway. The tree is about 2ft tall. Should I move it or leave it. Thanks.  |
Name: Amanda KC metro area, Missouri (Zone 6a)           pepper23 Apr 23, 2018 12:14 PM CST |
| Move it while it's small enough to move. It will get big and if you leave it there it could and most likely will mess up your foundation. |
Name: Elena NYC (Zone 7a)              bxncbx Apr 23, 2018 12:15 PM CST |
| Move it! Way too close to the house! I have one in my yard that is close like that and it's huge now. I don't think anyone realized how large it was going to grow (way past the roof). Don't make the same mistake. Oh, and I just filled up a contractor garbage bag full of pine needles from my front garden and walkway. You'll have a lot less work if you move it somewhere far from the house where you don't mind the needles dropping. |
Name: sdmtnbiker Texas (Zone 9a) sdmtnbiker Apr 23, 2018 12:16 PM CST |
| Thanks, figured that what was gonna need to be done. |
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.        ctcarol Apr 23, 2018 1:29 PM CST |
| You probably don't want it close to your driveway either due to sap, pollen, and birds. |
Name: Elena NYC (Zone 7a) bxncbx Apr 23, 2018 1:58 PM CST |
| Oh yeah, I forgot about the pine pollen (your car will be yellow) and all the sap that is on my car. That stuff doesn't want to come off! The sooner you move it, the better! |
Name: J.R. Baca Pueblo West Co. ( High Dessert (Zone 6a) josebaca Apr 23, 2018 4:00 PM CST |
sdmtnbiker,  For all those reasons aaanndd, concrete leaches lime into the soil, something pine trees don't like and will eventually kill them. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost   DaisyI Apr 23, 2018 10:26 PM CST |
Move it.  Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
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