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[Terrierman]

Plus they stink.

[N9BOW]

While not as cool as the MyRadar App....You can not only get the weather past, present, and future weather... apparently Covid-19 data as well

This is my location - try yours! - https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/ia/swisher/52338

 

BTW see all that beautiful precip in my neck-o-the-woods???? = Happy Garden plots!!!!!!
I'm so digging this rain... Sorry guys!

 

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, ness said:

When the neighborhood was developed about 20 years ago the developer put a Bradford Pear in every front yard as part of the lot price. At the time most of us thought it was a good look and liked the idea. I even bought a second one for the other side of the driveway. Wouldn't do that again. I'd estimate there are about ⅔ of them left and practically none of them aren't without some kind of damage. I lost about ⅓ of one a couple years ago and had it cut down and the stump dug. Fought suckers for about a year. The other one survives so far. Won't be sad when it goes. They're nice looking for a few days in early spring, the rest of the time they're a pain with suckers and fruit. There are undeveloped areas around here where they are very thick. 

               Very invasive,

  They were pushed hard for a few years because they grow fast, make good shade if they don't blow over and are somewhat a bit better planted under power lines due to not getting really tall. Like you said Ness they are becoming a nuisance choking out native plants and trees. 

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3 hours ago, ness said:

When the neighborhood was developed about 20 years ago the developer put a Bradford Pear in every front yard as part of the lot price. At the time most of us thought it was a good look and liked the idea. I even bought a second one for the other side of the driveway. Wouldn't do that again. I'd estimate there are about ⅔ of them left and practically none of them aren't without some kind of damage. I lost about ⅓ of one a couple years ago and had it cut down and the stump dug. Fought suckers for about a year. The other one survives so far. Won't be sad when it goes. They're nice looking for a few days in early spring, the rest of the time they're a pain with suckers and fruit. There are undeveloped areas around here where they are very thick. 

I think every neighborhood around here had them since the late 80's or so.  Now they are banned and on the invasive species list.  My old house had 4 and I got out before I had any trouble.  My current neighborhood didn't have them as a choice.

[BilletHead]

7 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

Good morning guys. Sorry I haven’t been part of the conversation. We’re trying to fix our sprinkler system ... digging in the dirt. 

 Anyone else get hail yesterday?  We got pounded. 

         Nothing yesterday but Saturday one came through and took out a 15 year old apple tree. If it had just leaned some I would of tried to gradually pull it back. This broke roots and went down way too far.         So I had to make a trip this morning to town. It was real dark in the West. Went to the bank drive through and the first round hit. High winds and torrential rain. Even under the drive in canopy it rocked the truck. When done I drove to the neighboring car wash bay for awhile. It let up and I booked it for home. Just pulled into the shed/ shop/ garage. Then the hail hit. It was so loud it was hurt my ears. Not real big but it worked over the lettuce and bok choy in the garden. Lots of holes in the leaves. I shot a couple pics and covered my ears until it was over.

    This was the first round. As @Quillback said second and worse round coming later. Counties just to the south are in a tornado watch. I'm sure we will be included before this is over.   You all be safe.

[Johnsfolly]

3 hours ago, ness said:

They're nice looking for a few days in early spring, the rest of the time they're a pain with suckers and fruit. There are undeveloped areas around here where they are very thick. 

Developers loved them probably because the bradford pears have that lollypop shape and grow like weeds. As everyone here recognizes they tend to split at the rosette of branches that make up that lollypop shape. As they hit the undeveloped areas, they are a nasty invasive species. The commercially available ones must be a hybrid, because many of the younger trees seem to revert to a parental version that has large thorns.

Oh and as @Terrierman stated they might look nice when flowering, but they stink!

Tear them all out would be my recommendation. However, they are still being planted in new developments.

[ness]

6 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

  

     

Wow! That' the size of a very large pea!  

[N9BOW]

1 minute ago, ness said:

Wow! That' the size of a very large pea!  

Whats a very tender sized brussel sprout for 500 @ness

[ness]

Drove around my neighborhood and there was no other damage. We must have just been had the worst of it -- my maple out front was really whipping around and I was afraid we would get some damage but didn't. Herre's a better view of the tree next door. It was two trunks starting near ground level

aw

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17 minutes ago, ness said:

Drove around my neighborhood and there was no other damage. We must have just been had the worst of it -- my maple out front was really whipping around and I was afraid we would get some damage but didn't. Herre's a better view of the tree next door. It was two trunks starting near ground level

Before Covid there would be 4 news trucks out there for film at 5....😂