These trees can be very heavy in cotton in the spring, but rain and cold slow down production to a livable level. The narrow leaf makes ...Read Morefall cleanup as easy as possible, considering the immense size of the trees. They do "self-prune", resulting in downed twigs in any wind and huge branches in heavy wind! This results in lots of mulch if you have and use a chipper or lots of trash! They attract "flickers" who drill holes which turn into squirrel and bee homes. Due to the tremendous size, trimming of major break removal is quite expensive. Breakage as shown in the picture happens infrequently, but the branch was 20" in diameter and about 25' from the ground and that long past the break! Root invasion is hard to measure, but since 1965, we have had no known root related damage. Originally, the trees were watered by irrigation ditches, but seem perfectly happy now with ordinary suburban watering patterns. The shade is wonderful.
These trees can be very heavy in cotton in the spring, but rain and cold slow down production to a livable level. The narrow leaf makes ...Read More