tree with a nest has damage at the base of it and I thin needs to be cut down. any suggestions?
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Douglas Hunt on Feb 10, 2012Roy, do you know if it is a bird nest or a squirrel nest and whether it is active? If it is not active, you can certainly take the tree down. If it is a bird nest, I would do everything possible to wait until after the hatchlings fledge.Helpful Reply
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Ricardo B on Feb 10, 2012First, try to save the tree and the nest. Takes a long time to kill a tree with damage even at the base. Sometimes, the base will heal on it's own if it's just the bark pulled away or chipped by a mower or tractor. If that's the case don't spray anything on it but do keep it clean/clear of debris where fungus/bacteria may allow for more damage. If the base has the bark buckling around the base for no apparent reason (at the root collar) where it flares out, you may have planted that tree a little too deep or may have too much mulch in that area. If that's the case, expose more of the collar and see if the tree improves over the season. As a last resort... I'm with Douglas about taking it down.Helpful Reply
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Paul M on Feb 10, 2012If you want to help the tree to live paint the wound with some cheap diluted latex paint. That will keep bugs and disease from attacking the tree through the opening. If you aren't sure about that and don't mind spending the money you can get a professional wound sealer from a nursery and paint the wound with that. It should be sealed in either case not just kept clean.Helpful Reply
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Capernius on Jun 29, 2015I have rules that I go by for things like this. #1) Check to see if the nest is active. doesn't matter what kind of bird/animal nest it is. #2) If it is active, wait for the babies to grow first. few things in life are worse than a baby animal/bird losing its home. #3) If it's not active take down the tree asap. you do not want to wait till it's convenient for you because you risk some animal/bird making that nest active. once the tree is down, then you won't have to worry any more.Helpful Reply
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Grant Koeller on Nov 29, 2015Do not kill the tree!!!!!!!! Use special tree paint for woundHelpful Reply
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