Should I have this tree removed?

5 years ago

This hickory (I think that's what it is) was damaged sometime before we bought the house. Possibly during construction, idk. The middle has had this scar on it, but I think a woodpecker went to town on it the other day. The innards of the tree are soft in that damaged spot. But the leaves and stuff look healthy.

So, should I have it removed? Or will it still be able to live a decent, upright life without breaking in half, falling, and crushing my garden?

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cearbhaill (zone 6b Eastern Kentucky)
5 years ago
If there's anything that would be damaged by it falling I'd have it removed- that's not going to get better.
bengz6westmd
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I'm always a proponent of giving trees a chance, but this tree looks like a hackberry, not hickory -- and hackberry wood is NOT durable and it shows here. Woodpeckers and rot have gotten in there quite a bit, so I'd say this tree's days are numbered,
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5 years ago
The strength of the trunk has been compromised. Time for it to go.

Agree it's a Hackberry.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
5 years ago
get rid of it ASAP ....

if the interior is rotted... it doesnt matter if the wound heals ... it will not regrow interior wood ...

its also telephone poled ... which is neither here nor there in this situation ...

ken
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5 years ago
Thanks y'all. I was hoping I could keep it, but I'll call a tree surgeon to come and handle it. It would fall in my garden, but I have little ones and so do the neighbors, so better safe than sorry.