Sweet Gum Tree Balls Clean Up
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 tree balls clean up. How to clean sweet gum balls from lawn. Rake the sweet gum balls into a pile with a standard leaf rake. 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 certified arborist will inject the.
Most lawn mower vacuum systems clog up with the sweetgum balls and a standard mower shoots them out the sides of the mower deck making them into fast moving projectiles. Sweet gum trees are native to southern illinois but can be found all over the united states.