Sweet Gum Tree Balls Poisonous

Are sweet gum balls poisonous.

Sweet gum tree balls poisonous. Despite these nuisances we always slow down to take a look and to collect the unusual alien balls we always end up with. By linda 1 post page uses for sweet gum balls. 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.

She s a flat coated retriever about 75 lbs. I have seen websites dedicated to finding uses for the horrible spiny balls. But in flu season they re also a source of homemade tamiflu. Every subdivision from florissant to kirkwood to maryland heights has several of them.

She always is trying to eat something but now she s very lethargic and is drinking lots of water. By linda from tryon nc. On our typical route there are 3 trees that bear these weird little balls. 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 trees seem to drop balls all year around. Asked by wiki user. 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. I am going to try a mower with a bag attachment this year.

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. Click below to answer. The american sweet gum is a popular tree in the st. Wiki user answered.

By kathleen williams 77 posts 1 654 comments march 19 2010 0 found this helpful. Are gumballs from the gumball tree poisonous. Sweet gum trees are so beautiful until you want to walk barefoot through your lawn. Are these things harmful to dogs.

Here are few ideas. I think she may have ingested them this morning. The certified arborist will inject the. I think my dog has eaten some sweet gum balls from a sweet gum tree.

Sweet gum mini wreath sweet gum balls for flower drainage put them in bottom of pots. I ve twisted my ankle on them more than once. When i m pulling a wagon full of kids they can make travel difficult. 2012 02 28 11 04 29 2012 02 28 11 04 29.

Sweet gum trees also have unusual fruit. The sweet gum tree a forty foot tall sweet gum tree rises from the northeast corner of my back yard. Simon has crashed his bike more than once when his front tire hit one. I hated mine until i learned about its medicinal value.

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