but tree branches can die and still be green and full of leaves? ==>> laymans explanation ... the life of the tree is the cambian layer.. its the thin green line between the bark.. and the inside wood ... it is the vascular system of the tree.. moving water and nutrients.. in each direction.. as needed ... the interior of the branch.. is basically dead lumber ... when intact.. it is the structure of the tree.. just like the 2 x 4's of your house ... when the integrity of the bark is compromised... and the interior wood is exposed to the elements ... just like any other wood .. it starts decaying.. yes.. the branch can be rotten from within.. and still leafing out ... and the more it grows.. the more weight it is putting on the rotting parts ... that tree next to your house.. is a IMMINENT DANGER.. crikey.. almost half of it is hanging over your house!!! you dont need an arborist to get rid of it ... but if you want an onsite opinion.. then pay for it ... GET RID OF IT ASAP ... and insure that whoever does the work.. is fully insured in case he drops it on your house... this is not a job for billybob down the road with his chainsaw .... ken

you need to FULLY ID the plant ... then take the latin name to google.. adding such words as 'propagation' or 'air layering propagation' https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Acer+saccharum+propagation&t=ffcm&ia=web ANYTHING is possible.. and worth a wild stab at it ... but not many trees root freely ... all that said ... i cant believe you cant find a seedling in the yard .. crikey.. if not.. it must be the only maple in the world that doesnt self sow itself by the millions ... or grandma is one heck of a gardener .... weeder ... [this is where someone tells me they are all sterile .. except for the website that suggested propagation by seed collection] ken

"Cutting all that off at once would have a slowing effect rather than making tree be taller "shortly afterward". As well as making it look scalped and ridiculous (ugly)." Has anyone ever noticed a general trend of differences between the lay person and the professional whenever they do work? When the lay person gets into uncharted territory, they tend to pussyfoot around at whatever they're doing, on account of not being sure of themselves, or of the outcome of the work they're about to create. Whereas the professional charges forth without hesitation and bulldozes right into the job with confidence, knowing at the outset what the finished result will be. They perform more work for the time spent. I did not give the above advice as an exercise in guesswork. Unlike many landscape architects, I put myself through school by doing landscape pruning and developed a fair amount of expertise after 4 summers of it. Shrubs, hedges and small trees were my bread and butter. I did not cut lawns. Many years later, I would do a several-year stint as a landscape manager for a nationally known university. A big part of that job was overseeing the pruning of about a gazillion trees of all sizes. Let's acknowledge that in the above photo, not all of the tree is shown. My red mark is below the 50% total height, and I'm taking that into account. Embothrium, surely you know of the "spring flush of growth" (SFG). We already know that a blast of growth is coming as soon as the weather warms. There is no other outcome for the tree than putting on height, when the SFG comes. The SFG is going to be divided among all actively growing branches with a preponderance of it going to the upper branches, as is a tree's nature. The SFG that goes to the lowest branches would instead go to those above it, if the lower ones were removed prior to the arrival of the SFG. The idea that cutting off a few lower branches is going to slow the growth, or make it ugly ... is just wrong. It's going to make it even taller, changing the 50% total foliage soon into 60%. The upper branches would be getting their usual SFG PLUS an additional share that would have otherwise gone to lower limbs. 6 weeks after pruning, that it was done at all will not be noticed by anyone. But they would notice a bigger, nicer tree. The downside of cutting off lower branches later is having them in one's way insofar as maintenance and view is concerned. And in cutting later, this year's portion of SFG that they received in the Spring, would go with them into the compost heap. What's another fact that should not be overlooked? ... that if one was to accidentally drive the tractor into this tree and snap it to the ground, that by summer's end, 60 or 70% of it would be back! Performing this year's routine maintenance, plus last year's neglected maintenance, instead of causing any detriment, will be the reason the tree would look better than ever.

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