Looks like a recent storm caused a split in the trunk. Do I have any options?

by jchap100

24 Comments

  1. Tom_Marvolo_Tomato

    This tree cannot be safely salvaged. You can either remove it now, or wait for it to split and then remove it. If it’s big enough to land on something valuable, I’d remove it asap.

  2. Particular_Damage755

    Absolutely done. Water is gonna start getting in there and make it even weaker then it already is. I hate to see a nice tree get ruined 😭😞😭

  3. Psych_nature_dude

    If it’s not a Bradford pear I will be shocked

  4. lottafeelz

    It’s toast. Also, it’s a callery pear. Awful tree. The stump may require herbicide treatment to prevent resprouting.

  5. Adventurous-Aioli370

    Toast. Second pic you can also see little fruiting bodies coming out of the trunk as well. If it has any targets it’s got to go ASAP rocky

  6. FlyingFlipPhone

    This tree can be easily saved. Just drill a bolt hole. What’s the downside?

  7. helayaka

    Doesn’t even matter. That Bradford pear should never have been planted. Get rid of it and plant a native tree.

  8. DerekTheComedian

    Bradford Pear doin’ Bradford Pear things.

  9. FatTom19

    I saw some guy bolt a tree together that lived, they posted a few weeks ago. YOLO 

  10. jardaboo

    Duct tape. Loads and loads of duct tape (sarcasm).

  11. jchap100

    Thanks for everyone’s responses. I appreciate it.

  12. Shmiggams22

    Lol I knew it was a gallery the millisecond I opened the Pic. Slash n burn it

  13. Beneficial_Fan_2126

    Great firewood – terrible tree.

  14. Jpdillon

    That thing is done for. Take it down. If you want a nicer, native flowering alternative that doesn’t smell weird in the spring, consider planting a dogwood in its place!

  15. PhoenixRising256

    Are the breadboard-like holes from a boring insect? Between the holes and the fungus, this tree will not much longer be among us

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