phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (06/22/85)
I suspect there is no good way to deal with this problem, but
maybe I'm wrong. My neighbor has a fantastically active tree.
I don't know what kind it is but even after he cut it down, it
continues to live. It sends runners all over the place, including
into my yard. Left alone, in a month or two it can become
what looks like a bush about 4 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet. I hate
to imagine what would happen if it had a whole summer to grow.
I tried spraying weed killer on it, which turned the existing leaves
brown and killed them, but then it just grew more leaves.
Am I doomed to forever digging up and cutting this tree?
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Maybe we should take hostage the management of Coca-Cola until they
give us back the Coke we love.
Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720
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ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPAkcm@cybvax0.UUCP (Keith C. MacKinnon) (06/24/85)
> I suspect there is no good way to deal with this problem, but > maybe I'm wrong. My neighbor has a fantastically active tree. > I don't know what kind it is but even after he cut it down, it > continues to live. It sends runners all over the place, including > into my yard. Left alone, in a month or two it can become > what looks like a bush about 4 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet. I hate > to imagine what would happen if it had a whole summer to grow. > I tried spraying weed killer on it, which turned the existing leaves > brown and killed them, but then it just grew more leaves. > > Am I doomed to forever digging up and cutting this tree? Well what I have done in the case that I don't want to have the tree come back is to drill a few holes into the stump on the top about a few inches deep. Have the holes about 1/4 to 1/2 or even bigger in diameter. Now if you can get rock salt or kerosine or even ammonia and place one of those into the holes. The best one to try to get will be rock salt because watering it or letting mother nature do the job it disolves the salt which in turn will spread into the roots. You might have to do this a couple of times after waiting to see if it kills it or not. I have done this to larger trees a few times and after a while it works. It also helps in rotting the roots which helps in pulling up the tree. When you use the other two products or even the salt make sure it doesn't overflow the stump and runs. If your area is grass or has flowers in it the products will seep into the soil and kill everthing in its path. So use caution in using the products. Even a dry acid or weed killer that you can buy at a hardware store will eventually kill the tree depending on its size. Size is the important factor so use only small amounts on a small stump and larger amounts on larger stumps. There are faster ways to get rid of a stump but I feel this way does the job just fine for me. After the product starts to rot the stump I usaully take a pick axe and chop away at the top of the stump to open it up and then let mother nature rot it the rest for me. It does great for the plants around the stump because after a while it acts as a fertilizer and enriches your soil but I only do that if the tree is in a spot that won't distroy the looks of my yard or get in the way. Otherwise find a friendly person will a large 4wd truck wrap chains around the roots and pull what a great show the tree puts on. (only joking but I have seen it done but with a bulldozer). Hope this will help otherwise burn the hell out of it. ..!kcm Keith C MacKinnon Cybermation Cambridge MA.