Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you

[greybeard]

The plant in question....the leaves are wider than they looked in the other picture.
looks like a walnut of some kind or maybe a hickory

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Sorry I forgot to mention that it is a 4WD.

I will spray the mystery bush with diesel only and see what happens.

Thanks, everyone.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[Bruce]

The tractor bluebook lists that tractor at just under $20K, doesn't specify hours. $20K seems a pretty good price with all the implements, assuming as @greybeard said, that everything has been well maintained.

Any way to have someone look everything over? You might be a new tractor owner soon!

 

[Bruce]

Could it be sumac?

Looks like it could be. From Google search:

 

[greybeard]

Sorry I forgot to mention that it is a 4WD.

I will spray the mystery bush with diesel only and see what happens.

Thanks, everyone.

Senile Texas Aggie

I know what will likely happen. The leaves will turn dark, dry up, fall off and the root system will endure and next spring the same plant will return in glorious foliage. Diesel alone will knock all the leaves off most plants but will not kill the root system of most perennials.

 

[Baymule]

Look around for a bigger plant with the same leaves. It looks like sumac, in the fall, sumac has red berries on it. For that many small plants, there has to be big plants spreading seeds.

Here is a thread about sumac and it has pictures too.

https://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/she-got-me-a-sumac-start.17293/

 

[Bruce]

I know sumac is a bear to get rid of.

 

[greybeard]

Look around for a bigger plant with the same leaves. It looks like sumac, in the fall, sumac has red berries on it. For that many small plants, there has to be big plants spreading seeds.

Here is a thread about sumac and it has pictures too.

https://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/she-got-me-a-sumac-start.17293/

The pictures tell the story.
Baymule's picture from the above link:

SenileAggie's picture:

Baymule's Sumac plant has jagged edges on every leaf. So do the leaves on the Sumac picture Bruce posted.

Senile Aggie's plant does not appear to have the same serrated edge leaf, and to me, Senile Aggie's plant has leaves that are more shiny and waxy looking than the leaves of Sumac. Might still be a Sumac but sure doesn't look like the same variety.

Tree of Heaven? Look for the node on each leaf base.


https://www.nybg.org/files/scientists/rnaczi/Mistaken_Identity_Final.pdf

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Maybe this closeup of a leaf from a smaller shrub in the field (that resembles the shrub at the gate) will help better.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[greybeard]

Difficult to say..
Most nut bearing trees have leaves, that when rubbed between your palms have a pecan-like odor..the hickories and pignuts and wild pecan leaves. Summac leaves are reputed to smell "like rancid peanut butter" tho I have to admit I've never been around any rancid peanut butter.