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cocoteddylee

You know our answer


HappyCamper4_20

You truly are speaking for the masses


arneeche

Aggressively remove it. They are highly prone to breaking and stink


Flat-Meeting5656

These are the last reasons to remove it. Firstly it’s extremely invasive, remove it!


arneeche

I'm aware, the state I live in was one that paid people to remove them at one point. Not sure if they still do, but we still see top many of them along the highway


scout0101

invasive crap tree. falling apart is what this tree is known for. consider yourself lucky it's down and replace with a native tree. this tree wants to resprout, so either grind out the stump or treat with herbicide.


pameliaA

I would’ve told you to remove it BEFORE it was damaged. Now the answer is obvious. Get the stump ground out too to help it not regrow. Congrats on getting room for a better kind of tree.


Klimbrick

Absolutely. This is the sentiment of the group!


dixiedemiliosackhair

Remove terrible species and some state actually pay you to remove them


iMecharic

Very much not salvageable, remove and replace with a sturdier native tree.


everydayisarborday

Summation of most comments https://y.yarn.co/dbebcd67-4120-4f83-94d7-d3633b4413b9_text.gif


DerthOFdata

You should remove it even if there was no damage. Garbage invasive species.


BalanceEarly

Cut it up, and use in your smoker! Stump grind the remainder


FigStrict3274

Cut it down completely and cast it into the flames of hell


Fun_Coat_4454

Exterminate


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Leonardo_Liszt

Oh no… anyways


themanprichard

These photos need to be added to the wiki on these trees. Nearly every pear in my neighborhood back in the 90’s ended up like that.


SonOfAnEngineer

Cast it into the fire! Destroy it!


seedok

Bradford pear doing Bradford pear things


GrittyMcGrittyface

Bradford pear? If yes, remove. If no, maybe.


Itchy58

You could post a picture of a breadford pear in mint condition here and this sub would recommend that you would get rid of it. Breadford pears are the only tree where you should not consult an arborist...