Sumac Removal, Redbud Repair & Bean Crop Failure! 🫣✂️🌿 // Garden Answer
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Thank you for not adding music to everything! The natural sounds makes it feel like we are right there 🙂
I also like to watch the videos with the natural sounds and it does make me feel I’m there plus it’s so relaxing.
I had purchased a tiger eye sumac based upon seeing it flourish in your space, and also based on the information on the tag. This will be its third summer in our yard and the suckering has been minimal and very manageable. I live in Canada in a zone 3b - 4a, so maybe it’s our cold winters that keeps the suckering in check. Either way I have no regrets and I’m happy for your recommendation. When it comes to gardening “you pay your money and you take your chances”. 😂 Silver lining; it’s always useful to learn how to remove and treat a suckering shrub.
I also live in Canada same zone as you. This is my 4th year and it’s spreading like crazy for me this year. Was easy to control the last three so just giving you a heads up. So sad but I will be pulling it out too.
Sorry but I am glad to see the Sumacs go! They are much despised ( by me)in my central PA region. Despite my dislike for Sumacs I always love the Garden Answer family and all your videos
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Laura, I think Aaron should get cameras in 😅 then we would all know who or what ate your beens 😊 love your videos 👍
I also live in Canada zone 3 and have two sumacs in different location. One is 6 years old and not spreading like crazy. The other is 3 years old and planted in a 2 feet deep enclosure and managed to spread like crazy.
What do you do with your roses in the winter?
A noticeable difference between the successful redbud and the struggling redbud, is that there is a large swathe of daylilies shading the rootzone of the successful tree. I have learnt from my own garden in the southeast, where it also gets very hot, the cool roots give iffy plants a better shot at success.
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And planted deep; need to expose root flare
@@CaravagioBaroque Yes, the struggling one is planted too deep, right? I like to plant high - you can always add more soil later! 🌳
First year they sleep. Second year they creep. Third year they leap. THEY LEAPED!!!!
I’ve had that problem with yarrow. I like it, but I don’t want it everywhere..
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Lol, so true. 💚
@@karenharris5141my yarrow read the three year plan wrong and LEAPED on the second year 🫣
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"I feel like you've had a four year chance" Aaron
"It needs me" Laura
( On the Dying Red bud)
I love Aaron's remarks..lol
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I died laughing......out loud! 😂😂😂
Lol!!!
I love you trying to save that tree. Aaron's comments were a hoot. ❤
I’d encourage you to burn the sumac debris or get rid of it in your trash so the roots you dug up don’t have a chance to try to grow in your pile.
Might be nice to have a "pretty pile"😂
Was coming to say the same thing. Sumac are beasts, even when Laura said they were going to remove the drip lines , I don't water mine at all....and they don't die!
Same
Do research. May not want to burn. Poisonous vapers
I think drilling holes in the stumps may have helped, but what do I know? 😂
Missing beans theory: They germinated fine and something ate the sprouts! At least you did not find baby sumacs growing in their place...
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I was thinking that too. 🌱 🐦
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😂😂 Laura waving that root at Aaron “give me a chance”. I thought she was going to put a Harry Potter spell on him “CHRYSANTHEMUM”
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I thought she was going to poke him!
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Stains from tree resin and paints can be easily removed if you take a piece of cotton and dip it in olive oil and rub it again on the affected area of the skin. It is the most safe and friendly way for the safety of the skin. Greetings from Greece.🥰
Thank you ❤
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Hand sanitizer works really well too.
That is a great share, thank you.😊
It works every time!
Let those sumac stumps and underground roots dry out in your climate for at least a year or two before adding something new back in that spot that you will water. Also roll those sumac limbs way up onto the compost pile high up so they don't touch the ground even in a rainstorm or they will root in. Stumps that thick as some of yours are will take up to a year to dry out completely.
😮 Wow! VERY interesting!
I love the way you waved the sumac roots at Aaron 😂😂
I snorted my coffee when I saw that 😂
That was hilarious. I was hoping she would get closer.
That was so funny 😂
LOl, Laura swinging and pointing at Aaron with the sumac roots when he wanted to pull out the Forest Pansy Redbud tree. You guys are great! Thanks for showing real life gardening!
Regarding the Redbud: I wonder what you would find if you did a root collar excavation. The mulch seems to be piled close to the trunk and covering over the root flare. This could mean that the mulch is hiding a girdling root that is cutting off the circulation to the tree causing canopy loss. It might be worth checking out. Just a thought. 10:42
Say it louder. They do this to a lot of their trees as looks « cleaner » but they will grow slower and often die out like this guy
@@CaravagioBaroque I recently saw a statistic that 80% of trees are planted too deeply and / or have a mulch volcano piled around the tree trunk! Most municipalities and homeowners plant trees in this way which leads to early decline of many, many trees. Information about the importance of leaving tree flares exposed needs to be more widely disseminated!
Oh my gosh, I burst into laughter at the "discussion" over keeping the red bud!!! 😂😅 It sounded so much like my husband and I. The difference with us verses you two is MY husband would pull or cut every tree out! You both are so real and that chuckle I got was great!❤
Thank you for showing your gardening fails as well. Seeing you just move on with a mindset of “well that’s unfortunate, let’s try it again!” Just makes me smile and helps me also have that mentality when things don’t go the way they are supposed to. Are your parents that way in the garden or with their business or where does that mindset come from?
I bet the sumac will root in your compost heap ! 😂 F-O-R-E-V-E-R
GET EVERY BIT OF SUMAC OFF YOUR PROPERTY. None in the brush pile! Show no mercy. It’s an evil thug on your property. I have been fighting a few thugs like it for 30 years. At best, their spread is controlled. One season of inattention and it wins the battle, again. Unfortunately, like you, I invited it, lovingly nurtured it and made excuses. You must have the IDEAL conditions for it.
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Glad you took them out , wow they were really going to take over that space…. Your relief at the open space after removal said it all. Hope that tree makes it for you… you are giving it every chance❤
Yup, so will Columbine and river grape, they are invincible.😮
I've been trying to get rid of these for a decade now.
They don’t compost their garden debris. Their dirt guy hauls the big pile off for them every now & then.
I love it when feisty Laura comes out! This episode made me smile the whole way through. So fun to watch everything you both are up to in your beautiful oasis.
Don 't worry, Laura. We still love you and your channel. I bought one a few years back, too that said doesnt spread. We wanted something that would create a nice hedge on the corner of our property, but the nearby 60-foot-tall trees kept dropping limbs on it. that it would break the tree as they are very soft wood. The following year, it tried to sprout from the same spot, but the tree again knocked it out with a big limb this time. It looks like this tree knew before for all of us.
Smart tree! Do you have the Tree of Knowledge??!! LOL!
Trees know best!
Yes, I purchased the Tiger Eye Sumac after seeing how glorious it was in your garden, and I noticed that runners showed up some 10-12 feet away from the trunks even in the first year. So we kept an eye on it. What a magnificent accent shrub! But... we moved it where it can become its invasive self. It was really special to see you coming to the same conclusions as us, at the same time. We, however, have a special area where we can keep them.
Thanks for you transparency when something goes wrong. You're a treasure trove of information.
Watching you work together and absolutely enjoying the journey is fun and rewarding in mentorship of relationships that do work together. ❤ Kudos to a beautiful journey and property.
Oh Laura I feel your pain. We are year two in removing Sumach (Rhus in the UK) which has suckered 50 metres away from the original plants. The roots are SO LONG!!!
I second the advice to burn the plants and roots as these things are tough! Good luck!
I'm having that problem with trumpet vine
I’m very sorry Laura & Aaron, your Sumac nightmare has only started 😮! I hope your stump stuff works, but your dump pile will be very colorful in the fall for a few years ! 🥴😳🫣
Laura your garden “failures” only makes you more relatable. Thanks for showing it all!
I replayed at 9:45 west side again & again….paused also to look at the beauty there. What a dream garden. Just love how the west side turned out.
It’s kind of nice to see you struggle with a plant gone wild! I’m battling some kind of vine in my front yard and some kind of tree in my back yard (all planted before we moved in). I’ve been working on the front yard for weeks now, digging up everything I can trying to eradicate it before planting a hydrangea hedge as I do not want to have the vines take over the hydrangeas (it’s super aggressive!). I’ve sprayed, hacked, pulled, cut, cursed and have put cardboard on top, before putting mulch down. This area is also where the gas lines run… so no one in their right mind will come in with equipment to help get this area prepped! Just me and my shovel!
Everything you plant and the areas you create always look nearly perfect, so, it’s just kind of nice to know that you also have things you deal with, like your fans do! Thank you for keeping it real!! Please show us how it goes…. What you do in the future if and when the sumac sprouts up again!
Ahh, the magical disappearing seeds! I've developed a mouse problem. Two years ago it was sweet corn. This year it was cucumbers and sunflowers. I had to move my cucumber seeds to a tray of pots and bring them indoors every night. I gave up on the sunflowers. I did trap a couple of mice, but they are REALLY difficult to keep out of a row of seeds. They can sniff them out and remove them with virtually no soil disturbance. Its like magic. You might find a fragment of a seed shell and that is it. And they come back night after night.
So that’s why they say rabbits are in the rodent family.
Me too! Then, I'd find the larger seeds piled in my compost pile (where the mice hide) corners.
Aaron - “I feel like you’ve had like a 4 year chance with that 😂😂😂
Rooting for the tree 🌳 ☺️.
Holy cow, a lot of “I told you so” here. With as many successes as you have, you deserve some grace on the Sumac! Live & learn. We learn more from failures than successes, so keep being you Laura! I use the stump & vine killer, works well. I think you are correct, multiple applications may be needed. Would you consider scraping the top layer of soil to get more roots before planting there again?
That is a great idea!!
Agree, we may have all watched with trepidation , only to be disappointed when our worries were confirmed. No need to pile on the" I told you so's." It did look amazing every fall!
Thank you for your channel. Since the healthy redbud has more underplanting, and you said that redbuds are an understory tree, you might try putting more plants under the sick redbud to protect it from root burn.
I'm with team Laura about giving the redbud a chance. I understand Aaron's point of view, but I selfishly want to see how it does. Most people can't easily replace a tree so to get instruction on how to help one in that situation is so valuable to us viewers. Thanks, Laura and Aaron, for taking us on this gardening adventure with you!
The redbud looks like the root flare is covered. That will slowly kill a tree every time by suffocating it.
As an arborist this needs to be shouted louder!! The dead upper branches are a tell tale sign of burried root flare too deep
Here in SE WI the highways are lined with Sumac. They have a beautiful, green canopy and the fall show is spectacular! I can't help by snap photos every year! 😍
But they didn't fill the roadsides by keeping to themselves! 🤪
Thank you so much for all your expertise! You are responsible for my garden looking great this summer! Winter sowing for an experiment gave me some yarrow, dusty miller, dill and one artic poppy. It was like having a new child. I have wanted poppies forever. So grateful to Aaron, Laura, Paul and Betheny for your inspiration. Looking forward to showing off a little at this week's graduation celebration for our granddaughter here! Your work is awesome ---your beautiful roses too! The bane of my existence were vines in my yard, You showed me how to eliminate them (mostly) as you have done with your sumac. Thank you for all your wisdom!
Yes I planted tiger eye sumac and they spread within 2 years! I pulled them last year I ended up with 4 plants by time I pulled them, I have 20 acres so I moved them where they can do their thing! I still have suckers coming up in my flower bed! Biggest pain I have ever planted along with wisteria!
"You got a big root!" That's what she said,lol!!!😂
Yeah, when you planted them I wanted to say " are you sure you want to plant sumac?"😮
Did not want to be a know it all❤
I would really keep the space as unplanted as possible... for 2 yrs to manage it & get it under control... 😅😅😅
It's a journey. A long journey. Even with harsh chemicals
So sorry you lost your sumacs! I live in AL and was a bit worried when you planted them because they are everywhere here! They grow wild on the side of the roads! 💚
Laura, I read the same tag! So infuriating that this information was given to us. I’m a retired landscaper designer and I actually added this plant on a client’s design. Later I planted one in my own garden and wow, the third year for sure it went to town in my tiny downsized garden! After we pulled it out and its huge root that was probably 6’ long, we are continuously finding it in the grass, and the border under my roses and hydrangeas. It’s a nightmare for sure! My heart goes out to you and Aaron as I’m sure this journey won’t be over for a while! 😢😢😢
Wishing you all the luck in the world to get rid of the sumac! We did this exact same thing last weekend and I'm praying for us too! We bagged ours and put it in a dumpster!!
Aaron- dewalt reciprocating saw, man! This was your time for a new tool!!! 😂
We have a new mantra “mow it high” as well as “plant em high”. Love it.
Bonjour Laura! You can put the sumacs in big big pots so you can enjoy them without the mess!!! 🌿🌿🌿
I really did like the tiger sumac but totally understand that it wanted to be:
"I am the monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute;
From the center all round to the sea
I am lord of the fowl and the brute." 😂
William Cowper
My husband and I love watching your videos - it’s part of our nightly routine! One of our favorite things that Laura does is point with ‘things’ 😂 Today it was a sumac root. Once it was a carrot. A tulip was used another time. We love the added entertainment!
I had one of these because I love the fall color too and it started suckering almost immediately! I pulled it after 6months and ripped out a ton of suckers and still have to pull suckers a year later 😮 I did end up repotting it in a giant terra cotta pot so I can enjoy the plant without dealing with the spreading and that’s worked great!
Thanks for showing the roses...I have a rose garden and really enjoy seeing different varieties.
Laura with that root talking to Aaron like it’s a wand from Harry Potter haha. Love it.
Saving a struggling tree is much more of a Garden Answer than just ripping it out.
I appreciate you advocating for the redbud. It will be so satisfying when you notice it flourishing!
Regarding the Redbud. Laura: "Give me a chance, today!" I could imagine Aaron joking - "Don't you point that sumac root at me!" 🙂
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Beautiful and rich plants that tend to spread can be planted not directly in soil but contained inside the soil in a large container. They are beautiful.
My neighbor did that. The things still took root to the ground. And roots spread everywhere. Had to break rest of container off and you could see roots system above the ground. Somethings are determined while others you work so hard to get them to grow.
@@PatriciaAShelton-no6cq Probably there is a material which would be tough enough not to let roots throughout
@@ksenijavojisavljevic2034 Probably keeping the container on a concrete porch or patio would force the roots to air prune, not allowing it to spread.
Every plant is a case by case situation, but sumacs in particular. Master Gardener based in MN (Zone 4b/5a) and my property backs onto a wetland. It's been 3 years since I planted my tiger eye sumacs and they're AWESOME. They haven't suckered at all since and I think it's because: 1) the deer love them and keep it naturally in check, 2) they don't get full sun since it's shaded by a huge willow in the afternoon, and 3) I don't water back there, so it's whatever they get from the wetland or rain.
She has artificial watering everywhere.
I planted a trumpet vine under a huge poplar tree about 20 years ago. It grew up that tree about 70 feet! It was amazing! The hummingbirds loved it! About 5 years ago I noticed suckers coming up all over the yard! It crept up a fence behind a burning bush! I ripped it out, I didn’t want it invading my neighbors yard. A storm blew it 3/4 down the trunk of the tree..I would not recommend the trumpet vine…I can’t seem to get rid of it without hurting my surrounding plants! We learn the hard way sometimes. The same with sweet autumn clematis. It reseeds like crazy not as invasive as the trumpet vine but a lot of work..I live in northern Illinois zone 5.. thank you Laura for sharing! It’s really appreciated! 😊
I have a similar problem with a Trumpet vine! Do you think the product Laura used would harm trees that are near by? I haven't read the product specs yet, but my Dad warned me to look into it before trying a paint on product.
A neighbor planted a trumpet vine by a street light (wooden pole) about 15 years ago and it is just beautiful. It is somewhat surrounded by cement sidewalk and street so does not have spreading problem.
No worries Laura not your fault! Grace in Gardening! We appreciate you sharing your insight
You could use rhizome barrier, which is a 2 millimeter thick rubbery HDPE plastic with about 3 ft wide (that's the depth). It comes in very long rolls, not that expensive. A trencher could dig the hole with minimal disturbance. You could also save one for a biiiiiiiiiiiig pot and enjoy the fall color. :)
Thank you for stopping to show us some beautiful roses! So pretty ❤
The sight of a Sumac makes my eyes twitch. Lol I have been battling them for 5 years. They popped up in my vegetable garden, so we had to move it & start all over.
Hi Laura and Aaron,
Regarding the Sumacs could, you have repotted into containers with a saucers so its more contained and ypu get rhe different seasons of color and maybe for extra measure placed on a patio?
Drill holes in the stump and pour some in. That's what I did for Ivy and it worked great !
I've been searching for a vine killer, so thank you so much! I'm not sure how it works around pets once it's dry, but I'm desperate ! Every video teaches me something new! Thank you so much !❤ 😊🌻⚘️🍓
Laura, I love that you will do all you can to nurture the first pansy redbud to a glorious long life.
What a great feeling for a plant, tree and nature lover to not just toss away the “under performers”.
Good morning all have a safe and blessed day ❤️
I love your grass prairies so much.... you call it the dirt land? Whether irrigated or not, it's great for the ecosystem. Also, redbuds prefer to be understory, and you have space for majestic trees to offer them shade!
I secretly called that redbud the Whoville tree in a loving way. I like it. I was tickled watching you and Aaron talk about that tree and seeing those roots pointing toward him as you explained how you wanted to save it. lol!!
Oh! The roses! Absolutely glorious!❤❤❤
This is the bane of my existence with my parents property and rose of Sharon bushes. They are just insanely overgrown and taking over.
Rose of Sharon are the worst! They spread endlessly.
Glad I’m reading comments! Had wanted one. 😅
My mother’s Rose of Sharon popped up everywhere in her yard, and so I took several of them home and planted. They have never replanted themselves anywhere in my yard and that’s been over 20 years ago!!! Plants are so mysterious 🤷🏻♀️
@@MrsDebBee really?! Wow! A blessing!
I dislike them. Constantly pulling out suckers and trying to get rid of box elder bugs
I've had a squirrel take some of my bean seeds out of my GreenStalk. It was a trade, he left a peanut in its place. 😂
Grrr. I too, have squirrels raiding my Greenstalk. Sit on the lid!
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Good morning Laura and Aaron, I just cut down some Sumac trees down that were growing by my garage and I used the stump remover on them, my late husbands always set the mower on 4”.
I totally agree with you on the sumac. What is not to love except for the aggressiveness! I love their color, foliage, the “flowers” or seed pods, the gnarliness when they get larger. But the invasiveness! After many years of cutting down the sumac, I still see volunteers if it goes too many days between mowing.
WOW Beautiful Roses! ❤
I have a volunteer sumac in my yard and was debating letting it stay…lol I will take it out today 😊
8:10 when you are pointing 😂 the root at him! Heaven sent❤.
Our state tree is the redbud...so glad you are saving the Forest Pansy. I think it looks great! I have three Flamethrower redbuds and the colors in the spring are gorgeous. Has lime green, green, yellow and burgundy leaves all on the same time. I think you need a few!
Good morning from Missouri! Aaron, get you a small hand held chain saw for little projects like these sumacs. I love mine, easier than hand sawing.
Personally I would have burned the cuttings as they may spread in the waste dump? Maybe not
Ohhhhh, those salmon/coral roses that Laura pointed out at the end...breathtaking!
Good for you Aaron! Mow the grass higher! The hubby has been preaching that forever!
I’m going to need an in depth rose tour pleaseeee!!!!😋
Cute productive video! Are you allowed to burn the waste pile of garden stuff?
Love giving the redbud some help. That sumac wow it does spread!
Good morning! Sumacs are so pretty in the fall, here we see them alongside the highways. I love redbud trees. I wouldn’t take it out unless it’s really dead! Your rose garden is so pretty.
Maybe try soaking the seeds??
Speaking of Red Buds, have you planted a "Flame Thrower" Red Bud. Amazing color!! AMAZING 😊
I just planted a "Flamethrower" here in upstate NY. It is only a stick right now, but I can't wait to see what it looks like in a few year!
I visit a Flamethrower Redbud nearby because it is extraordinary! Gotta get one for myself.
I try to watch each video all the way though but don’t always make it. This one made me feel better seeing a failure and loved the frustration we all feel.
I'm like Laura when it comes to bushes, plants, and trees. I don't give up easy. I'm currently nursing a bush that was hit by heavy frost this spring and a hybiscus since it was delivered this past spring. I'm just not ready to quit. 😢😊
And please give that Redbud a chance...Aaron's seems quick on wanting to pull the trigger when a plant or tree or...🐈 does not conform to the straight and narrow ..😂..😉
Aaron reminded me of a very fast beaver when you sped up the sawing!! Almost took Laura with it!! Love your somewhat banter/sparing conversation over the redbud trees!!
This was quite the refreshing video! Most of the time we see only the successes and rarely the failures. But, part of gardening is the challenge of it all. Thank you for revealing a few realities. I’m sure you aren’t use to failure in crops, but most of us are! You actually are human! 🥰😃
Stump and vine killer has been one of my best friends. I had to take out a crape Myrtle that was too far gone with scale. And when suckers would come up I would cut them at ground level and paint them as well. I was told the crape Myrtle’s start healing almost immediately so do not tarry when using it. I also would make fresh cuts on main stump throughout the growing season just to get more of it in the tree. Also used on other diseased small trees that I did not plant. Zone 8 with lots of humidity! It really works. May have to treat multiple times. Hang in there. 😎
A willow would be really pretty where the sumacs were
Laura, is that a hair tie on your wrist @ 10:47 ?!😅
Thank you for "taking one for the team". I was very tempted to get a sumac
Two things.. One, in reference to your disappearing bean seeds, when I plant corn I cover it with netting until they sprout to keep birds and chipmunks from stealing the seeds. First year I tried this and it worked beautifully.. had 100% germination!!
Also, and you didn’t mention this in your video, but I support you and your thoughts about planting a hedge around your planting spaces in the cut flower garden. Love, love, love your videos! 💚
When I learned you were planting sumac
I knew you’d regret it
They’re so evasive I’m in Michigan
Best of luck
And the Michigan soil is so wonderful. Plant something, anything and it grows. I can imagine that sumac would be highly invasive in Michigan. Kind of like kudzu in the south. You cannot get rid of it and it grows over, under and around everything else.
@@cynthiarafferty7662 yeah they’re gonna need to dig it out
@@cynthiarafferty7662 unfortunately with the strong ones coming through last night, my Annabelle hydrangeas took a hit, so I’m trying to get them to come back
Red buds are known to fail so don’t feel bad.
You have an awesome helper! I love his honesty!
I'm glad I'm not the only one with tree problems. Sad... but sometimes it's nice to know others have the same struggles. We can encourage each other through the difficult garden trials.
Bye bye tiger eye ! 💐💚🙃