Is there anything that can be done about the Sweet Gum Tree balls short of cutting down the trees?
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Stopping Sweet Gum from Fruiting
Sorry to delay in answering but I was out of town. There are a couple of products on the market but have mixed results. One is a fruit eliminator called Florel. Mixed results and it must be sprayed every year. Another is an injection into the tree trunk of a product that can help reduce fruit.
Few firms offer treatments as they are not sure fire and people want proven results. Not so-so results. It is also costly and must be done every year.
So yes, there are treatments. Check them out and weigh your options.
Dennis - Johnson County Extension
My non-solution
While we're waiting for more expert commentary, I've got one of those trees myself and I've even considered cutting it down -- especially after talking to a master gardener who cut hers down, mainly because the roots eventually come up through the grass.
I've heard that there's a spray that tree & lawn companies can use that cuts down on the production of gumballs but I've never checked it out.
Has anyone else?
-- Craig
Put some of them to work?
I wouldn't put much faith in promises of making a tree sterile and expecting it to do very well. I've never had to deal with Sweet gum litter, but I have a friend who battles it constantly, and she also battles rabbits. So I suggested she rake up a bunch of the gumballs and make a barrier around plants the rabbits like to eat. I imagine they would also work well as a physical barrier against slugs around hostas and other slug-magnet plants. I know you wouldn't use all the gumballs, but it might help you get rid of some of them.
yes they can spray with a
yes they can spray with a growth regulator
spraying the growth regulators up into the trees will ensure drift onto other plants
I have read that there is an injection method so the tree takes up the chemical. This takes someone who really knows what they are doing to get the correct rate and injector set up right (can seriously harm the tree). You also don't want kids/pets to have access to that.
Either way it takes correct timing and someone who really knows what they are doing and it wont be cheap