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I wouldn't have known. I LIKE Maple trees. "Gumball Trees" ..not so much!

Posted: 03/07/2026 at 08:24 AM ET
(In response to this post by RoswellGAHokie)

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99,000 sweet gum tree balls in the yard 99,000 sweet gum balls
PhotoHokieNC • 03/06/26 04:52 PM ET
When I came home for breaks in College...my Dad would point to a pile of
Tuckahokie • 03/07/26 07:34 AM ET
You spent most of your breaks at VT, didn't you? TIC**
MP4VT2004 • 03/07/26 08:08 AM ET
Make great mulch
6GHokie • 03/07/26 07:28 AM ET
Be glad you don’t have black walnut trees.**
scoop76cs • 03/07/26 06:39 AM ET
This past fall was a HUGE black walnut crop. (Same with all nut trees)**
Galenahokie • 03/07/26 10:12 AM ET
Obviously....**
HokieGator • 03/06/26 11:16 PM ET
A quick Google gave me the answer, from AI it says
VaTechie • 03/06/26 10:47 PM ET
Took me an hour to pick up ours. Cost: $0**
PhotoHokieNC • 03/06/26 11:43 PM ET
fair enough, I rather spend 65 dollars to not bend over
VaTechie • 03/07/26 12:54 AM ET
You know you're not done, right?**
Hokerer • 03/07/26 12:13 AM ET
I left the bucket in the yard. Each time TSO and I take Jessie
PhotoHokieNC • 03/07/26 09:26 AM ET
I will say as a kid I had one grass cutting customer with them
VaTechie • 03/06/26 10:43 PM ET
30 inches of snow in the yard, 30 inches of snow in the yard....**
MAHokie69 • 03/06/26 10:04 PM ET
Me neither PHNC, and I HATE them. I was all "proud" of myself for buying->
HOKIERIT • 03/06/26 07:59 PM ET
Ugh that is miserable. I think the Harvey Updyke route is your only choice.**
MP4VT2004 • 03/06/26 07:12 PM ET
They do a good job becoming wedged in On Cloud running shoe tread.
EDGEMAN • 03/06/26 06:16 PM ET
We used to have fights with them as kids. They look like they can do some
Coach McGuirk • 03/06/26 05:00 PM ET
I did the same, but they do hurt when they hit your face**
VaTechie • 03/06/26 10:41 PM ET
Always called them "gumballs"..NOT something you want to walk on barefoot**
HOKIERIT • 03/06/26 08:04 PM ET
Cut the offending maple tree(s) down. **
RoswellGAHokie • 03/06/26 05:00 PM ET
NOT Maples..Sweetgum trees. They grow huge and have soft wood!**
HOKIERIT • 03/06/26 08:00 PM ET
You are correct. Thought sweetgums were a subset of maples.
RoswellGAHokie • 03/06/26 08:43 PM ET
I wouldn't have known. I LIKE Maple trees. "Gumball Trees" ..not so much!** ◄
HOKIERIT • 03/07/26 08:24 AM ET
And there I was, about to cut down all our maples.**
PhotoHokieNC • 03/06/26 11:46 PM ET
Not on our property - a commercial landscape supply yard next door.**
PhotoHokieNC • 03/06/26 05:03 PM ET
Ditto sort of. At least, not on our property,**
HOKIERIT • 03/06/26 08:00 PM ET
Put some shade cloth up at an angle and let the roll off back to their
HokieDan95 • 03/06/26 05:43 PM ET
And rob myself of an opportunity to learn from the Sweet Gum Tree Academy?**
PhotoHokieNC • 03/06/26 05:45 PM ET
Well I know a guy that knows a guy I'm just saying**
HokieDan95 • 03/06/26 07:03 PM ET
the guy who poisoned the Auburn University’s Toomer’s Corner oak trees?**
VaTechie • 03/06/26 10:39 PM ET
Some gumba, I bet**
PhotoHokieNC • 03/06/26 07:08 PM ET
Took care of ours with a Stihl MS-260**
Hokerer • 03/06/26 05:00 PM ET
I took out a couple at my old house, these I can't go after.**
HOKIERIT • 03/06/26 08:02 PM ET
Well, not with a chainsaw, anyway....**
MP4VT2004 • 03/06/26 08:20 PM ET