What kind of tree is this?

[Rhodie Ranch]

Looked it up. Its one of the US's most hated trees. An experiment gone way wrong.

I have a foliar spray that years ago I used for two aged olive trees at my home in San Jose. I applied the liquid just before budding and no olives were produced.

Will this spray work for these messy horrible fruits? I'm using a scraper on the sidewalk to get them off the walking path for the neighbors. I don't have the option of cutting it down, as there is an HOA and its simply a healthy gorgeous tree (right now....).

 

[thistlebloom]

You could try the spray Murph. I have never done it myself, but use an arborist on a huge 100+ year old horse chestnut tree of a clients.

My understanding is that the timing has to be near perfect. You spray when the blooms are open but before they pollinate.

They do have their issues, but are pretty in spring and fall, (looking on the bright side, haha).
Are you living there now? Maybe a daily pass on the sidewalk with a blower would help keep them from getting mashed into the walkway.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I will be moving there next June. I have renters in it now. He's from Michigan and has been using his snow scraper to get them off the sidewalk. I read that the cooler nights makes their rock hard fruits soften up and that's when they fall and smoosh all over the walkway and street.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Pretty yes! There are also one monkey pod tree there and several varieties of maples. Those are stunning right now!

monkey pod (what I've always incorrectly called them) = sweet gum or Liquidamber tree.

 

[Nyboy]

Tree snobs do look down on them. I have one I planted spring covered in white flowers very pretty

 

[thistlebloom]

Like most plants, they should be placed in the right spot for their habits. In this case, not over a sidewalk where the mess is difficult to clean up.
Also not close to a building where a dropped limb could do some damage.

I have taken out some hemlock trees that professional landscape companies have planted next to houses, because when they're small they give a woodsy look to a yard. But these aren't the dwarf variety of hemlocks, they are the ones that can grow 60' tall. Not so cute when it's lifting the eaves off your house.

 

[ninnymary]

Maybe once you move there you can causally mention that you slipped on one of the fruits and that it's a safety hazard. Maybe suggest that if you ever land in the hospital that you're attorney may be sending them a letter, haha.

Mary

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Now that is thinking outside of the box!!

 

[Nyboy]

Do you own or rent this house ?

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

own. It was going to be our dream home, since this Merlin home just wasn't working out. We just bought it in July, when our Angels Camp home sold. On a golf course (hubs loves golf), with expansive views of a fairway to the west and the tee box and other greens to the south. So sad...

I'm thinking of renting out two rooms to a traveling nurse, so that I'll have an income. Medford is a huge medical mecca and since the HOA's says no rental under 30 days, maybe I could attract someone with a more than 1 month contract at one of the three hospitals down there.