has anyone used for large leaves like those off of sycamore or cottonwood trees?
301216
Yes I have. The instructions say to shred the leaves in the large position first the reshred in the fine position. The unit will shred them in either position but do not jam the leaves into the unit. Give it time to cut the leaves. It works great for me!
301217
Those leaves should present no problem to the machine. We have a huge volume of Norway Maple leaves to deal with and the machine works just fine. This presumes you don't try to jam a huge amount of leaves in at one time. Little bites!
301218
Most of my leaves were oak with some tulip. I had recently cut back an ornamental grass with blades of up to 24" long. It shread those pretty easily. Most leaves are going to be shread by the string pretty easily.
301219
Yes, my neighbor has a huge Sycamore and the flowtron chopped them up fine, just feed the unit carefully.
301220
Hi, I have used this on all sizes of leaves with no problem. Just be sure to feed larger leaves slower so they don't jam up!! Really works great
301221
Maple about as big as I have used it on. However, if the leaves are dry, I don't see it being an issue. It's like a weed whip inside of the funnel and they just stay on top until the leaves have been shredded on through.
176402
I've only used it on leaves. If the pine straw is dry I think it might work.
301760
Yes, although I've only used a backpack sprayer. I've experienced excellent results with this product on a recently cleaned out tree line that was over grown with ivy poison, shumack and sassafras trees.
2176558
I've only used it to clean out my pellet stove, I would use a rake or leaf blower for leaves.
461321
I moved around some bigger cottonwood leaves but not enough to know if it will move a lot of them or not.
126283
We didn't have any problems at all. We mulched pine needles, lawn clippings and small branches etc. Its did areally great job and was pleasantly surprised how well the plastic blades held out. Very good buy!!!
1495034
I've cut pine saplings the size of my thumb and trimmed back overhanging rhododendron branches. It should do fine. As with a previous answer, a lopper would do better for anything over an inch.
208319
I have used it for a couple of years on several large Leyland Cypress trees. It took care of the problem I had with bagworms. Just beware that it can take a month for the pesticide to get distributed throughout the tree. I have also used this on River Birches to control Japenese beetles.
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Terry-I have found that these trees work in a larger area then the manufacture states. I have placed them all around my large yard & in large built in brick flower beds that surround my home-I use one per bed-about 7 to 10 feet long -I am in a warm climate ?? I just know that this product works & harms no one. All of Gods creatures-us too -unharmed- Bless who came up with this...go U Scram...J.J.
337368
I googled 'NEEM for scale' and it should work. I just &#65039;&#65039;apply Neem to ground in dripline of tree and it sure controls aphids
1496047
I don't know the plant, but you might be changing the lines a lot. I would get a bicycle handle brush cutter with a metal blade--Stihl or other--price is roughly comparable. The brush cutter will cut anything you've got short of trees. elw
855432
They did a good job for me on oak, pine, and wild cherry brush up to about 1 1/2". On the large brush and hard woods do not rush the cut or the blade will get hot and dull the teeth more easily.
1139398
I used Luster Leaf 1612 for my lawn in Eugene, OR. Read my review for this product and my procedure to see if it will work for you.
2239503
I have never done that. I think this was intended for lesser functions, like cutting smaller branches for fire wood. I would imagine you would need something bigger, but if time is not a factor, go for it.
2121315
I don't have a pine tree and live in a very dry climate but it does pick up small twigs from a blue palo verde tree and those twigs are larger and heavier than reasonably dry pine needles. As with any blower-vac, you can clog it if you try to pick up a huge pile of anything. Just work from the edges and it should do fine. I'm still amazed at how much better it is than my previous one from a different manufacturer.
1805835
I have used GOddards on light oak and maple as well as the dark woods I have. It works beautifully on all woods.
559338
The Looj works well on long pine needles. I have several huge pine trees near my house. It took a while for the first cleaning. The looj will back up and try again if the gutter is really clogged. Like other iRobot products, it works well if you use it as a maintenance tool. I now use it several times a year before the gutter becomes totally clogged. With a light gutter buildup, the looj zips through leaves and pine needles.