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I cut down 7 of them and cut and split for firewood. Very difficult to split by hand. It’s better than nothing, but does not produce much heat. I burned three cords of it over 2 years and wouldn’t waste my time doing it again.

I'm not doubting y'all. It's just that from all I have seen and heard, those trees would be quite unusual, to say the least. They are quite famous for basically self-destructing.

My wife planted 2. They grew fast and were pretty then we.had an Ice storm. They snapped off just above the.ground.

My grandpappy had a unique perspective on trees such as theBradford Pear….

They respond best to aggressive pruning, right at ground level.

If it’s not pine it’s fine.

I measured it with a laser range finder and you were correct it was not 50 feet. I was off by 6 feet, she's 44 feet, maybe say 45 with the stump.

Here's the last one on our place I cut down. Anomaly for sure as the other 7 broke off years ago. Not sure how tall it go, but it took a bit of work with an 18" bar chainsaw to tip it over.

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I have one huge one I planted 30 years ago. A straight-line windstorm broke off a big chunk some time back, but I trimmed it up and thinned out the crown, and so far it’s not broken again. Knowing what I know now, of course I’d not have planted it, and there are so many in the neighborhood, chopping it won’t do much to stop the plague. Strangely, I’ve never found a seedling in my yard; just mulberries and native black cherries.

Usually, a big flock of cedar waxwings will come in and clean it out.

Better not run over the twigs and limbs with your lawnmower,them things have thorns

I have one, I try to keep the intertwined limbs culled out. Never saw a tree that would run a Limb from one side to the other. They sure don't have much structure.

I think this one is a miracle myself. I have owned dozens of the POS trees and they do self destruct.