Comments on: How Stakes Hurt Trees http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/10/09/how-stakes-hurt-trees/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/10/09/how-stakes-hurt-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-19454 Kate St. John Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:15:42 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=57685#comment-19454 It’s along Greenfield Rd at the big bend. It’s set back from the sidewalk pretty far so you have to keep an eye out for it.

]]> By: Justin Collinger http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/10/09/how-stakes-hurt-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-19449 Justin Collinger Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:34:53 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=57685#comment-19449 Where exactly is the tree located? I’m in the park a lot and would like to check it out. Thanks.

]]> By: Carly http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/10/09/how-stakes-hurt-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-19375 Carly Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:58:38 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=57685#comment-19375 We had a huge, very old willow tree in the yard of the house I grew up in. Sometime long before my parents bought the house, someone lodged an old sprinkler on the tree between the trunk and a large branch. Well, whoever put it there forgot about the sprinkler, and the tree trunk ended up growing over three-quarters of the thing. When you looked at it, only the part where you connected the hose to the sprinkler was visible. If the tree is still there, I’m sure it’s entirely engulfed in it by now.

It was this style of sprinkler in case you’re curious: http://www.shrubs.co.uk/ekmps/shops/shrubscouk/images/rectangular-lawn-sprinkler-2975-hk-14627-p.gif

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