I have a tree in my backyard which lost one side and some of the opening is getting soft. There are also a lot of holes in it.
It gives shade and I would hate to cut it.
Any professional advice?
All your photos show that area so we can't see the overall condition of the tree. But, that damage is pretty extensive and will not get better with time. It's anyone's guess how deep the decay extends but the tree is definitely compromised.
Looks like the branches higher up are already dying/dead.
You could poke around in the damaged area with a long screw driver to see hao bad the rot is .
But it does look bad and also looks like it is rotting in more than one place.
I would cut it down.
If you are desperate to keep it get an arborist in to take a look.
Hello, I had 2 heavy duty hoses on a splitter and the splitter had a spray leak blow out on the metal part. When I took them apart for a new splitter, this is what I got on the female hose ends.
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[i]Female hose ends. Was the splitter threads left in the hose ends? [/i]
Was part of the old splitter threads left in the hose head? Here's the old splitter that still have the valve balls left in. What has thrown me is both female hose heads are this way. What are the odds? Thinking the old splitter threads metal detached and left in the hose ends. The only thing the hose ends should have is a washer left in there to accept new threads (of any kind). Correct? Wish I knew how to ask this better....hope you can figure out what I'm asking. Trying to salvage these hoses.....
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[i]Old Splitter with ball valves still in it. [/i]
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I have a large vegetable garden, and a produce stand by the road. I grow a lot of things, but one thing I can't seem to grow well is lettuce. I water it daily, and have given it compost. But even if I go out first thing in the morning (which I understand is best) and pick some, it has a bitterness to the taste; and I can see when I break open a major vein, some of the white juice I associate with lettuce bitterness. I do have a west-facing slope in the garden, so afternoons can be quite hot here. There is a large forested hill to the east, so morning sun comes late. My native soil is quite sandy, but I have been building it up with compost for many years. Most other stuff grows pretty well. I'm in Michigan, in zone 5. What do you think is the problem here?Read More
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