I Need To Kill Some Trees...

[Evan A. Beck]

Anyone got any tips on how to kill a couple birch trees and make it look like 'natural' causes??? Any information will be GREATLY appreciated!!!

 

[John]

LOL Evan...



you and I were just talking about that very subject yesterday when I stopped by to show ya my new and BOMBed gear case cover. Like I said then, to he!! with natural causes! Fire up the Stihl and let's make some toothpicks!



:-laf

 

[Evan A. Beck]

I am VERY temped to do that very thing... The problem is, they are on the neighbor's property. That's why it has to look natural. *LOL*



After spending 4 hours cleaning the '01, the wind shifted and speckled my ENTIRE truck with little bits of sap. I was absolutely livid... I got the thing in the garage now, and will hit it with some spray polish once it cools down.

 

[parcher]

There's a guy in Enumclaw by the of Robert Andrews ( I could be wrong on the last name, I only know him as Rotax Robert) that has chainsaw made from a 215 cu. in. aluminum Buick V-8! The tree will be gone befre your neighbor can get out of his house to see what all the noise is.

http://www.arboristsite.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=93710

 

[LSMITH]

Drill a hole right at the ground in to the center of the tree and pack the hole with salt. Small trees need smaller holes, bigger ones need more salt. You could even do a couple small holes. Only a small amount of chips are readily available for evidence.

 

[bmoeller]

We spray trees in fencelines and ditches with a mix of Crossbow and diesel fuel. Won't kill the grass and works great.

 

[Kickin Y2K]

Copper nails

 

[Peter Campbell]

Cordless drill 1/4 or 3/8 bit. A turkey baster with a few ounces of "round up" The super concentrate 48% glyphosphate ?? ( 100$ a gallon stuff ) Dig a little dirt from the base ( just 1/2") , drill some holes into tree down at an angle, fill drilled holes in wood up with chemical and cover back up with dirt. They might find copper or bronze spikes. You would have to look hard for this.

 

[illflem]

Originally posted by Kickin Y2K

Copper nails

Work great. Town I used to live in planted a tree right in front of the bank's time/temp sign, one nail took care of it. The small kind used to hang copper plumbing will do. Use a nail set, no one will find it.

 

[lmills]

OK, someone educate me. What does the copper nail do? I am dying to know.



You realize I am itching to go try this.

 

[Peter Campbell]

I think the copper corrodes to become copper sulfate?? in the tree. For some reaon it is deadly poison for plant metabolism ( photosysthesis? ) We need a BIO major type to respond with the real answer!!!

 

[QRTRHRS]

This reminds me of one house I had. The neighbor had Chinese Chestnuts. They stink when they blossom and drop spiked balls which my dogs would find with their feet. The neighbor set the house on fire to collect the insurance but the fire company managed to save it but it was not habitable. So, in the interim, I went next door and cut the trees down. Old gal next door to that house had some too. She said, would you cut these dam things down for me? Gladly.

 

[Evan A. Beck]

I am liking Peter's idea...

 

[Cooker]

Cooper nails



Being an arborist (I think I am qualified to call myself that having worked at a grower of landscape trees for 8 years) I never heard the copper nail story before. Only thing I heard is that brass is the preferred metal type for "bandaging" a tree back together.



Thanks for the info.

 

[illflem]

Excess copper is toxic to all living things from microbes to man.

Drop a penny in a aquarium if you don't like fish.

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

Bash them up a bit with steel garden rakes then shrug your shoulders sayin' "Damn bears Tsk Tsk whata shame" #ad

 

[Cooker]

Originally posted by illflem

Drop a penny in a aquarium if you don't like fish.

Bill,

I have to disagree with you there. Before I worked in the landscape industry I was in the pet industry and I still am an active aquarium fish hobbyist.



Copper actually has medicinal values for fish. It kills many harmful parasites and bacteria. Many hoppyist will maintain a certain level of copper in their tanks for this reason. However to saltwater invertrabrates copper is deadly and should only be used in a "fish only" aquarium.



Shoot, I'm still hung up on a small copper nail will kill a tree

 

[Jff24Gordn]

Crossbow and diesel does work great. Also, the Calcium salt used in tires for weight works great. Just use the hole in the tree method on a hard to notice place and add a little water. It will leave a dead spot in a yard for a while so be carefull.

 

[illflem]

Cooker, copper in trace amounts is essential for all life. In a large doses it kills everything including fish. Some aquarium enthusiasts are even concerned with copper leaching from pipes when using tap water to fill their tanks. The rivers that pass though the spent out copper mining areas of Montana are testament to it, major fish kills every time the sediment is stirred up by high water and in line for the most expensive Superfund cleanup ever.

A copper nail in a tree is excess when you consider the amount required for a healthy tree is in the ppms. If the copper is in the soil the tree won't take up more than it needs but pounding in a nail is like putting copper straight into the tree's 'bloodstream'.



"Copper is another vital trace element necessary for life, but at high levels it too is potentially toxic to fish. (Incidentally, copper is an active ingredient of some traditional fish disease remedies and that's why it is important never to overdose with such remedies or to use them unnecessarily). We know that copper is also extremely toxic to certain aquatic invertebrates, affecting their respiratory systems. That's why copper-based remedies must be used with extreme caution (ideally not at all) in mixed fish-invertebrate aquariums. "



http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cach...ater02.shtml+copper+toxic+fish&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 

[MMeier]

Finding some of this hard to believe,so we will be going on the "seeing is believing" thing , guess what!!! :-laf :-laf