Gum Balls - Sweet Gum Tree
Mar 19, 2019 22:58:37 #
TomC. wrote:
I literally have thousands of these in my trees and yard. They are my nemesis.
I've hated them for 34 yrs. When I had a white, long haired Maltese, she would always bring a few stuck, like Velcro, all up and down her paws. She walked funny getting back to the house. LOL
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I've hated them for 34 yrs. When I had a white, long haired Maltese, she would always bring a few stuck, like Velcro, all up and down her paws. She walked funny getting back to the house. LOL
35mm Macro
Check out the DL's.
Wow ! Never saw or heard of such a tree. Interesting
Mar 20, 2019 01:02:23 #
Mar 20, 2019 01:07:53 #
Rich Maher wrote:
Good shots. Nasty looking stuff.
Thanks, Rich. Yes, they are nasty things. On very windy days the house gets pummeled and it wakes you up if at night. Dogs get them tangled up in their fur, the lawn mower kicks them out the chute and don't even try going barefoot in the grass. You think stepping on a Lego is bad....
Thankfully, they do get chopped up from cutting the lawn but it takes a while. You can't even rake them up. They just stick to the grass blades and refuse to go along with the rake.
Mar 20, 2019 01:10:43 #
SENSORLOUPE wrote:
Wow ! Never saw or heard of such a tree. Interesting
Thanks for stopping in for a look. They are a very strong breed of tree and live a very long time.
Mar 20, 2019 01:15:19 #
Pysanka Artist wrote:
These don't look like any gumballs I've ever seen! Love the first capture!
Glad you like them, Linda. I really don't know of any other tree with that kind of seed pod.
Mar 20, 2019 02:19:18 #
TomC. wrote:
You see? They are out to get you. "You can't DESTROY ME, I'll just keep growing".
LOL
LOL
LOL You're right, Tom!
Mar 20, 2019 12:54:34 #
TomC. wrote:
Thanks, Rich. Yes, they are nasty things. On very windy days the house gets pummeled and it wakes you up if at night. Dogs get them tangled up in their fur, the lawn mower kicks them out the chute and don't even try going barefoot in the grass. You think stepping on a Lego is bad....
Thankfully, they do get chopped up from cutting the lawn but it takes a while. You can't even rake them up. They just stick to the grass blades and refuse to go along with the rake.
Thankfully, they do get chopped up from cutting the lawn but it takes a while. You can't even rake them up. They just stick to the grass blades and refuse to go along with the rake.
They look so cool tho! How big is each ball? They are kind of like Burrs--get tangled in horses tails!
Mar 20, 2019 17:12:35 #
Mar 20, 2019 20:54:24 #
SENSORLOUPE wrote:
They look so cool tho! How big is each ball? They are kind of like Burrs--get tangled in horses tails!
They probably average about 1" diameter. They stick to things like Velcro would.
Mar 20, 2019 20:55:00 #
Mar 21, 2019 20:47:02 #
TomC. wrote:
I literally have thousands of these in my trees and yard. They are my nemesis.
I've hated them for 34 yrs. When I had a white, long haired Maltese, she would always bring a few stuck, like Velcro, all up and down her paws. She walked funny getting back to the house. LOL
35mm Macro
Check out the DL's.
I've hated them for 34 yrs. When I had a white, long haired Maltese, she would always bring a few stuck, like Velcro, all up and down her paws. She walked funny getting back to the house. LOL
35mm Macro
Check out the DL's.
beautiful shots of them, tom...we have them here too.
Mar 22, 2019 01:02:12 #
merrytexan wrote:
beautiful shots of them, tom...we have them here too.
Thank you, Merry, glad you stopped in for a spell.
Mar 23, 2019 11:28:25 #
Mar 24, 2019 01:09:52 #
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