My home has a mature Callery Pear tree (may also be called a Bradford Pear) tree in the front yard. This is a tree which blooms white flowers in the spring time (around now) which have an often-times unpleasant smell to them.
The tree is surrounded by grass (mix of rye, bluegrass, and fescue) without any particular mulch spread around it, or barrier between the trunk/roots and the surrounding grass. I basically have to mow / weed whack the lawn grass right up to the trunk and roots of the tree.
There seem to be a lot of small, brown, hard plants growing out of the grassy soil around under and in the vicinity of the tree. I think these are baby Callery Pear trees that have sprouted from the fruit of the tree. It makes it difficult to mow, and looks a bit unsightly to have this large area speckled with small brown stems that are currently sprouting green leaves all around the tree. It interferes with the grass growth.
How can I manage these growths of what I think are baby callery pear trees? Up until now, I have just mowed over the seedlings while they are still very small. But this does not really solve the problem. Manually picking them out will be an arduous process. Is the correct solution to create a mulch circle around the tree?
Thank you.
Managing unwanted Callery Pear tree seedlings
The tree is surrounded by grass (mix of rye, bluegrass, and fescue) without any particular mulch spread around it, or barrier between the trunk/roots and the surrounding grass. I basically have to mow / weed whack the lawn grass right up to the trunk and roots of the tree.
There seem to be a lot of small, brown, hard plants growing out of the grassy soil around under and in the vicinity of the tree. I think these are baby Callery Pear trees that have sprouted from the fruit of the tree. It makes it difficult to mow, and looks a bit unsightly to have this large area speckled with small brown stems that are currently sprouting green leaves all around the tree. It interferes with the grass growth.
How can I manage these growths of what I think are baby callery pear trees? Up until now, I have just mowed over the seedlings while they are still very small. But this does not really solve the problem. Manually picking them out will be an arduous process. Is the correct solution to create a mulch circle around the tree?
Thank you.
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