• Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    I see tree of heaven everywhere I go, and I dont understand why there isnt some kind of taskforce to remove it. People have it in their gardens, Everyone should know about the lantern flies by now, why is this tree not being managed!?

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      56 minutes ago

      the tree is probably hard to remove, it can regenerate from its roots, i think has deep and long roots.

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        10 hours ago

        holy crap… im in TN and hate cutting down trees but I recently had enough of a grove of them on my property. I only knew their name from a plant app, not how bad they were. My first thought was “Im going to have fun with a chainsaw” but it turns out that’s how you get a grove of them… it causes root suckering when you cut them… they’re like Hydra. It’s ne of the few cases where experts recommend poisoning. Glad I saw this post!

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      2 days ago

      They’re being managed where I live, but most cities don’t have a forestry service the way mine does.

      We pay a ton of taxes to the local municipality but in return get one of the nicest places in the country to live.