Sweet Gum Tree Balls Poisonous

Sweet gum trees also have unusual fruit.

Sweet gum tree balls poisonous. Yes but u should feed them rice instead. On our typical route there are 3 trees that bear these weird little balls. By linda from tryon nc. The sweet gum trees seem to drop balls all year around.

Thriftyfun is powered by your wisdom. Asked by wiki user. Click below to answer. I have seen websites dedicated to finding uses for the horrible spiny balls.

2012 02 28 11 04 29 2012 02 28 11 04 29. They are hard round balls about 1 1 2 inches in diameter and covered with sharp little bristles that can hurt a dog s paws. Are sweet gum balls toxic to dogs if eaten. By kathleen williams 77 posts 1 654 comments march 19 2010 0 found this helpful.

Every subdivision from florissant to kirkwood to maryland heights has several of them. The american sweet gum is a popular tree in the st. If your sweet gum is too tall to spray or if you don t want to attempt spraying a small tree you can stop fruit production by having a certified arborist administer a trunk injection. Sweet gum trees are so beautiful until you want to walk barefoot through your lawn.

I hated mine until i learned about its medicinal value. But in flu season they re also a source of homemade tamiflu. She always is trying to eat something but now she s very lethargic and is drinking lots of water. While the trees were popular for builders and municipalities to plant due to their medium to fast rate of growth and beautiful color they have become an.

Are sweet gum balls poisonous. A tree that is a candidate for the injection must have a trunk at least 2 inches in diameter and the tree cannot have received a spray or soil treatment within two weeks. The sweet gum tree a forty foot tall sweet gum tree rises from the northeast corner of my back yard. By linda 1 post page uses for sweet gum balls.

Are these things harmful to dogs. Simon has crashed his bike more than once when his front tire hit one. When i m pulling a wagon full of kids they can make travel difficult. Here are few ideas.

Despite these nuisances we always slow down to take a look and to collect the unusual alien balls we always end up with. She s a flat coated retriever about 75 lbs. The certified arborist will inject the. Sweet gum mini wreath sweet gum balls for flower drainage put them in bottom of pots.

On this early spring day the tree is still a skeleton although leaf buds are just beginning to emerge and dozens of sweet gum balls dangle from its naked branches like shriveled christmas tree ornaments. I think my dog has eaten some sweet gum balls from a sweet gum tree. I think she may have ingested them this morning. I am going to try a mower with a bag attachment this year.

I ve twisted my ankle on them more than once.