Cottonwood is flying

[Harry]

Yesterday it was like a blizzard of cottonwood seeds flying in the air. I took a few pics but they were hard to see. I took a few this morning of them on the grass. Harry

[DavidBarkey]

Natures own artificial snow ..

[Harry]

It’s a PITA. I pounded a few copper nails in the Popular trees late last fall to kill the trees but that make take awhile. Harry

[DavidBarkey]

It’s a PITA. I pounded a few copper nails in the Popular trees late last fall to kill the trees but that make take awhile. Harry

Why don't you just cut them down?

[Harry]

David, they are located right on the property line. Neighbors house is very close to trees so a tree service would have to come in with a bucket truck to piece meal them down. There is a ditch between the properties and the trees are volunteers. There are quite a few so big bucks to have a tree service come in to do it. Harry

[JSinMO]

Yesterday it was like a blizzard of cottonwood seeds flying in the air. I took a few pics but they were hard to see. I took a few this morning of them on the grass. Harry

We had a lot of cottonwood trees along the levee and the river banks at the home place. It really does look like it’s snowing when all the seeds are floating around!

[mendonsy]

We always have the "snow" in the spring also. This year doesn't seem to be as bad as we normally get. The only reason I can think of for that is the two late killing frosts we had this year.

[Harry]

Mendonsy, I was thinking at my house it was heavy cotton because I put copper nails in them to kill them. It was a response to that and they were spreading more seeds to start new trees. I guess you could say I’m in high cotton, if you ever heard that expression before. LOL. Harry