Sweet Gum Tree Balls Poisonous

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Sweet gum tree balls poisonous. 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. Are gumballs from the gumball tree poisonous. Simon has crashed his bike more than once when his front tire hit one. 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.

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. The american sweet gum is a popular tree in the st. She always is trying to eat something but now she s very lethargic and is drinking lots of water. By kathleen williams 77 posts 1 654 comments march 19 2010 0 found this helpful.

Sweet gum trees also have unusual fruit. Despite these nuisances we always slow down to take a look and to collect the unusual alien balls we always end up with. The sweet gum trees seem to drop balls all year around. Click below to answer.

Yes but u should feed them rice instead. I hated mine until i learned about its medicinal value. Here are few ideas. Asked by wiki user.

Are these things harmful to dogs. The sweet gum tree a forty foot tall sweet gum tree rises from the northeast corner of my back yard. But in flu season they re also a source of homemade tamiflu. She s a flat coated retriever about 75 lbs.

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. When i m pulling a wagon full of kids they can make travel difficult. On our typical route there are 3 trees that bear these weird little balls. The certified arborist will inject the.

Are sweet gum balls poisonous. By linda from tryon nc. Wiki user answered. 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. The spiky gum balls of the sweet gum tree are annoying to anyone who steps on them. I think my dog has eaten some sweet gum balls from a sweet gum tree. Are sweet gum balls toxic to dogs if eaten.

By linda 1 post page uses for sweet gum balls. I think she may have ingested them this morning. Every subdivision from florissant to kirkwood to maryland heights has several of them. Sweet gum trees are so beautiful until you want to walk barefoot through your lawn.

I ve twisted my ankle on them more than once.