Posted: 7/22/2017 10:33:34 AM EDT
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I have a free of these trees around my property, they seem to bear some kind of fruit/nut. I have no idea what they are. Anyone have a clue?Attached File Pic of the tree they grow from Attached File |
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Whatever it is, if any of them are close to your house, cut them down. And that is Hickory. |
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Whatever it is, if any of them are close to your house, cut them down. Hickories are strong and long lived,and slow growing. Not prone to wind damage, so they won't be leaving branches on the ground every time the wind blows. But no matter what species, I would prune limbs away from my roof, if they overhang it. |
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Please ignore stupid advice. Hickories are strong and long lived,and slow growing. Not prone to wind damage, so they won't be leaving branches on the ground every time the wind blows. But no matter what species, I would prune limbs away from my roof, if they overhang it. Quoted:
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Whatever it is, if any of them are close to your house, cut them down. Hickories are strong and long lived,and slow growing. Not prone to wind damage, so they won't be leaving branches on the ground every time the wind blows. But no matter what species, I would prune limbs away from my roof, if they overhang it. |
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Are there nuts edible? There are a few of these lining my yard, the smaller of which is about 12 in across at the stump. I like the idea of growing my own shampoo |
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Insurance companies are dropping homeowners policies with ASH trees close to houses. If you get it cut down, consider cutting it down to manageable pieces once on the ground and sell that stuff. Or you can put an add for it on FB/CL and find a wood worker that will take it for something. I made good money selling a few black oak stump cuts two years ago, the guy that bought them turned them into matching end tables that looked really nice. And that is Hickory. Hickory is gtg, afaik with insurance co. Kind of a messy tree, being shagbark hickory but not as bad as some like sweetgum. |
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Are there nuts edible? There are a few of these lining my yard, the smaller of which is about 12 in across at the stump. I like the idea of growing my own shampoo |
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Yup. "Tastes like wild hickory nuts"  Quoted:
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Are there nuts edible? There are a few of these lining my yard, the smaller of which is about 12 in across at the stump. I like the idea of growing my own shampoo "Tastes like wild hickory nuts" |
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Hickory is gtg, afaik with insurance co. Kind of a messy tree, being shagbark hickory but not as bad as some like sweetgum. Quoted:
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Insurance companies are dropping homeowners policies with ASH trees close to houses. If you get it cut down, consider cutting it down to manageable pieces once on the ground and sell that stuff. Or you can put an add for it on FB/CL and find a wood worker that will take it for something. I made good money selling a few black oak stump cuts two years ago, the guy that bought them turned them into matching end tables that looked really nice. And that is Hickory. Hickory is gtg, afaik with insurance co. Kind of a messy tree, being shagbark hickory but not as bad as some like sweetgum. Speaking of Ash trees, they are all pretty much extinct here leaving the EAB to move on to other trees such as our state tree, the Hemlock. I maintain a few properties on contract and each has clear cut their Ash trees and has worked with PSU and other organizations to help preserve the species. I find that in general the tree farm folks have a genuine interest in preservation and ecosystems. Protecting that kind of investment takes a lot of hard, honest work that only pays off every so often. YMMV, but I'm going off what little I do see and have been told. |
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I take it you've never experienced a good hickory shampooing. Quoted:
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Are there nuts edible? There are a few of these lining my yard, the smaller of which is about 12 in across at the stump. I like the idea of growing my own shampoo And shampoo for you, and shampoo for you, and you! Giving is better than receiving, right? |
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I've done my share of giving, but thankfully that's one gift I've never received. But hey, there's still time. Quoted:
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Ques Oprah meme: And shampoo for you, and shampoo for you, and you! Giving is better than receiving, right? 
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Don't cut it down. It's a slow growing tree and has a deep taproot. It won't blow over.
The nuts are the king of nuts. Better than walnuts. They aren't grown because they take a long time to start producing nuts and they are hard to extract. I'm planting one this fall. I'd like to do a shellbark hickory but they are hard to find. |
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Insurance companies are dropping homeowners policies with trees close to houses. I live in the woods. There's 14 mature oak trees that could fall and crush our house, yet insurance is just fine with it. |
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I have a free of these trees around my property, they seem to bear some kind of fruit/nut. I have no idea what they are. Anyone have a clue?https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/208337/IMG-20170722-101703-260139.JPG Pic of the tree they grow from https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/208337/IMG-20170722-101712-260141.JPG That's a hickory. give me a photo of the bark on the main trunk. Nevermind. I can see it in that second photo. It's a shagbark hickory. One of the two best food producing trees you can own anywhere in the north (where pecans don't generally grow so well.) Do NOT cut those trees unless you can avoid it. They live long, long lives, are incredible, and you can sit under it with your kids, and if you're of a mind, your grandchildren, and teach them about life while you crack the nuts, pick out the kernels, and just talk. It's amazing what kids learn sitting in the shade of a tree while dad cracks the best tasting nuts in the universe. The yummy keeps them there, and without the phones, the tablets, and the game stations, they listen. In the cool of the evening in the late summer, with the world going on around you, your kids will listen. All because of those hickory trees. |
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Please ignore stupid advice. Hickories are strong and long lived,and slow growing. Not prone to wind damage, so they won't be leaving branches on the ground every time the wind blows. But no matter what species, I would prune limbs away from my roof, if they overhang it. You have something money cannot buy right there. A shagbark hickory old enough to produce nuts, and from the looks of it, relatively healthy. That peely-looking bark is its identifying feature, by the way, and is a beautiful asset in the wintertime. (Interesting landscape features like attractive, textured bark or colorful stems are of high value to landscapers with vision.) Ask me if you don't understand the nuts--when they are mature and how to crack them. They're hard. I grew up doing this, though, and will tell you that there is nothing better than a hickory nut. Except maybe a black walnut (my favorite tree) Hickories are more consistent, though. Nuts are always good. Same as the black walnut, the hickory has a taproot, as was mentioned above. According to my dad (who used to dig roots of walnut and hickory to sell for money back in the early part of the last century) the tap root, three feet below ground, is as big as the trunk of the tree. I have found this to be true of walnuts (Juglans species). I believe it is also true of the Carya species (Carya are hickories and their kin). Most likely, the rest of the world will blow away before that tree goes over. ETA2: I see what looks like a former injury maybe. I can't tell without a better photo. The limb right at the top of the frame in the second shot. It's growing at a funky angle. Can you get a better shot of that? |