sycamore

[Fisherman Mike]

It must be the best/worst ever year for sycamore seedlings ( depends on how you look at it ) The damn things have seeded absolutely everywhere . What's it like in your area .

[kev56]

My missus was saying the same thing, i went to clean out the garage gutter and there were hundreds of seedlings in it.

[kennett]

Absolutely mental! We have a lot of bare, cultivated ground at work between the xmas trees and instant hedging and the sycamore seedlings are like cress, too late for pre-em and xmas trees have started flushing so can't glyphosate either

[Cottonseed]

Funny you should mention that I've pulled out half a bucketful this afternoon! Must be all that sun last summer...

[Popgun]

If I was a bit younger I would transplant a few as they a fast growing and good in the wood burner every cloud has a silver lining

Pat

[felly100]

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

Greek proverb.

[henry d]

Yes, loads of them in Scotland too

[norfolk dumpling]

Yep no shortage here. Noticed a 'grass' verge near a hotel in Norwich which was just a carpet of seedlings. No doubt they will fill the void caused by ash dieback.

[Gimlet]

I cut down a big sycamore in mother's garden last winter. The seedlings are still coming up and I bet more come up next year too. They obviously have the ability go stay dormant for long periods so seedling numbers must be down to germination conditions, which are probably ideal with a warm spring coming after an exceptionally mild wet winter.

[Reece]

Sycamore are always like that. Loads of seedlings will grow every year, and they do grow quite fast when they're established. The seeds are dispersed by wind as well, so they can spread out a bit.

 

The National Trust have actually been thinning out the sycamore in a local ancient oak woodland, so that the oaks can regenerate. The mature trees can cast a lot of shade.